--- description: A post-debate poll title: Vote Now: Who Won the Ninth Republican Debate? image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a16d97c3f35ab4a/69887d970a4a22413d9c85f5/republican-debate4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Debates](/tag/debates/) ## Debates Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Vote Now: Who Won the Ninth Republican Debate? by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 14, 2016 3:49 AM CUT  Last minute preparations are made on the stage for the Republican Presidential debate on February 13, 2016 in Greenville, South Carolina. Last minute preparations are made on the stage for the Republican Presidential debate on February 13, 2016 in Greenville, South Carolina.Spencer Platt—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 14, 2016 3:49 AM CUT Republicans met for their ninth presidential debate Saturday, and we want to know who you think won. Take a moment to click the link below next to the candidate who you thought did the best at the CBS debate in Greenville, South Carolina. A disclaimer: Online reader polls like this one are not statistically representative of eligible primary voters. They are a measure, however imprecise, of which candidates have the most energized online supporters, or most social media savvy fan base. After all, what they are counting is the number of Internet-devices controlled by people who want to vote. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4220703/republican-debate-ninth-south-carolina-poll-survey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4220703/republican-debate-ninth-south-carolina-poll-survey/"},"headline":"Vote Now: Who Won the Ninth Republican Debate?","datePublished":"2016-02-14T03:49:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:03:52.837Z","description":"A post-debate poll","url":"https://time.com/4220703/republican-debate-ninth-south-carolina-poll-survey/","keywords":["Debates","Sen. Marco Rubio","ted cruz","jeb bush","Donald Trump","john kasich","South Carolina","Dr. Benjamin S. Carson"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a16d97c3f35ab4a/69887d970a4a22413d9c85f5/republican-debate4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a16d97c3f35ab4a/69887d970a4a22413d9c85f5/republican-debate4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Last minute preparations are made on the stage for the Republican Presidential debate on February 13, 2016 in Greenville, South Carolina.","caption":"Last minute preparations are made on the stage for the Republican Presidential debate on February 13, 2016 in Greenville, South Carolina.","creditText":"Spencer Platt—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/debates/","name":"Debates"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4220703/republican-debate-ninth-south-carolina-poll-survey/","name":"Vote Now: Who Won the Ninth Republican Debate?"}}]}] ```