--- title: Donald Trump Poll: Republican Reaches New 2016 Heights description: Donald Trump has attained his highest national support yet in a new poll, putting him far above his rivals for the GOP nomination. canonical: https://time.com/4147955/donald-trump-poll-republican-presidential-race-2016/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-14T17:51:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:21:19.415Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Reaches New High in National Poll og:description: He is far ahead of a surging Ted Cruz og:url: https://time.com/4147955/donald-trump-poll-republican-presidential-race-2016/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91ba5a46e7f87c15/698874fdbc6cfc65de3dace8/donald-trump28.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the American Airlines Center on Sep. 14, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Reaches New High in National Poll twitter:description: He is far ahead of a surging Ted Cruz twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91ba5a46e7f87c15/698874fdbc6cfc65de3dace8/donald-trump28.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Reaches New High in National Poll  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Dec 14, 2015 5:51 PM CUT  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the American Airlines Center on Sep. 14, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the American Airlines Center on Sep. 14, 2015 in Dallas, Texas.Tom Pennington—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Dec 14, 2015 5:51 PM CUT Donald Trump has hit his highest level national support yet in [a new poll](http://www.monmouth.edu/assets/0/32212254770/32212254991/32212254992/32212254994/32212254995/30064771087/af4c5edf-9cef-47bb-8440-a702be832156.pdf "undefined"), putting him far above his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination. In a [Monmouth University Poll](http://www.monmouth.edu/assets/0/32212254770/32212254991/32212254992/32212254994/32212254995/30064771087/af4c5edf-9cef-47bb-8440-a702be832156.pdf "undefined") released Monday, Trump received 41% of support from Republican and Republican-leaning voters. Texas Sen. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz came in second, but trailed far behind the billionaire businessman with 14%. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and former neurosurgeon Ben Carson were the only other candidates to top 5%, with 10% and 9%, respectively. Trump’s favorability ratings also increased in this poll, up to 61% favorable and 29% unfavorable, after a 52%-33% spread in an October Monmouth poll. The telephone survey of 385 of Republican or Republican-leaning voters was conducted Dec. 10-13 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 5%. **MORE** [Donald Trump, Person of the Year Runner-up](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2015-runner-up-donald-trump/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4147955/donald-trump-poll-republican-presidential-race-2016/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4147955/donald-trump-poll-republican-presidential-race-2016/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Reaches New High in National Poll","datePublished":"2015-12-14T17:51:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:21:19.415Z","description":"He is far ahead of a surging Ted Cruz","url":"https://time.com/4147955/donald-trump-poll-republican-presidential-race-2016/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91ba5a46e7f87c15/698874fdbc6cfc65de3dace8/donald-trump28.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91ba5a46e7f87c15/698874fdbc6cfc65de3dace8/donald-trump28.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the American Airlines Center on Sep. 14, 2015 in Dallas, Texas.","caption":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the American Airlines Center on Sep. 14, 2015 in Dallas, Texas.","creditText":"Tom Pennington—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/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4147955/donald-trump-poll-republican-presidential-race-2016/","name":"Donald Trump Reaches New High in National Poll"}}]}] ```