--- title: Republican Debate: Who Won the Seventh Debate? description: A post-debate poll canonical: https://time.com/4196259/republican-debate-poll-seventh-iowa-fox-news/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-29T03:56:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:56:25.398Z article:section: Politics og:title: Vote Now: Who Won the Seventh GOP Presidential Debate? og:description: A post-debate poll. og:url: https://time.com/4196259/republican-debate-poll-seventh-iowa-fox-news/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b3bfbf88b2efe2a/69887acb2dce0124f39e7876/debate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Attendees listen to the Republican presidential candidate debate at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Vote Now: Who Won the Seventh GOP Presidential Debate? twitter:description: A post-debate poll. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b3bfbf88b2efe2a/69887acb2dce0124f39e7876/debate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Vote Now: Who Won the Seventh Republican Presidential Debate? ## Video: Republican Debate: Questions Asked of Candidates About Their Responses [Watch (HLS stream): Republican Debate: Questions Asked of Candidates About Their Responses](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/O2act9xE.m3u8) (1:50)  _Published 2016-01-29_ by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jan 29, 2016 3:56 AM UTC  Attendees listen to the Republican presidential candidate debate at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. Attendees listen to the Republican presidential candidate debate at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jan 29, 2016 3:56 AM UTC Republicans met for their seventh 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 News debate in Des Moines, Iowa. We’ve gone ahead and included front-runner Donald Trump, who skipped the debate over a conflict with Fox. 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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