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Christine Matthews
December 11, 2015
Indiana Statewide survey results

Bellwether Research surveyed 1,295 registered voters in Indiana between December 2nd and
December 9th, 2015. The interviews were conducted online and were weighted by age, sex,
race, education, and region to reflect registered voters in the state. The Republican
presidential primary ballot was asked of 670 Republicans and Republican leaning
independents. Bellwether Research has conducted hundreds of telephone surveys in Indiana
and brings the same careful methodological approach to online research.
Indiana Republican presidential primary ballot
Question: Here is a list of possible candidates for the Republican nomination for president in
2016. If the 2016 Republican presidential primary were being held today, for whom would
you vote?
26%
17%
17%
16%
6%
5%
3%
3%
1%
1%
1%
*

Donald Trump
Marco Rubio
Ted Cruz
Ben Carson
Jeb Bush
Rand Paul
Carly Fiorina
Chris Christie
John Kasich
Rick Santorum
Mike Huckabee
other candidates were at zero.

Trump leads among both GOP men (26%) and GOP women (25%).

As we have seen nationally, Trump fares better with non-college educated

Republicans (30%) than with those who have at least a college degree (20%).

Among the roughly one in five who call themselves very conservative, Ted Cruz has
a substantial lead at 37%, followed by Trump at 27%. Trump leads among less
intensely conservative and moderate Republicans.

President Obama job approval among all voters

Just over six in ten voters (61%) in Indiana disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing, while 38%
approve. This is ten points higher than a recently released national Gallup poll which found 50%
disapproved of the job President Obama is doing and 45% approved. The Huffington Post Pollster
average for President Obama is 51.6% disapproval.
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Full Survey Demographic Profile:

48%
52%

Male
Female

19%
11%
12%
18%
18%
22%

18-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65+

84%
9%
6%
1%

White
Black
Hispanic
Other

23%
10%
23%
25%
19%

High school degree (or less)

Associates degree
Some college
College graduate
Post graduate

36%
25%
38%

Republican
Democrat
Independent

13%
30%
35%
15%
6%

Very conservative
Conservative
Moderate
Liberal
Very liberal

after asking independents if they lean R or D

50% Republican (with independents who lean R)
36% Democrat (with independents who lean D)
11% Independents who do not lean either way

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703-260-7801