--- title: Republican Debate: Who Won the Sixth Debate? description: A post-debate poll canonical: https://time.com/4182116/republican-debate-sixth-poll-charleston/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-15T08:06:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:09:51.644Z article:section: Politics og:title: Vote Now: Who Won the Sixth Republican Presidential Debate? og:description: A post-debate poll. og:url: https://time.com/4182116/republican-debate-sixth-poll-charleston/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86629b1eda8959c7/6988794f0a4a227f2e9c7ecf/republican-presidential-debate-gop-photos-006.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: GOP Presidential Candidates Debate In Charleston og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Vote Now: Who Won the Sixth Republican Presidential Debate? twitter:description: A post-debate poll. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86629b1eda8959c7/6988794f0a4a227f2e9c7ecf/republican-presidential-debate-gop-photos-006.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Vote Now: Who Won the Sixth Republican Presidential Debate? by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jan 15, 2016 8:06 AM UTC  Republican presidential candidates, from left, Ohio Governor John Kasich, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Ben Carson and Jeb Bush participate in the Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C. on Jan. 14, 2016. Republican presidential candidates, from left, Ohio Governor John Kasich, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Ben Carson and Jeb Bush participate in the Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C. on Jan. 14, 2016.Scott Olson—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jan 15, 2016 8:06 AM UTC Republicans met for their sixth 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 Fox Business Network debate in Charleston, 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. 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