--- title: Republicans Trust Donald Trump Over Paul Ryan to Lead Party description: A majority of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters say they trust Donald Trump over House Speaker Paul Ryan to lead the party canonical: https://time.com/4338384/donald-trump-paul-ryan-party-leader-poll/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-17T13:38:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-15T01:23:36.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Republicans Trust Donald Trump Over Paul Ryan to Lead Party og:description: A poll shows Trump is more trusted than the highest-ranking elected Republican og:url: https://time.com/4338384/donald-trump-paul-ryan-party-leader-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1fd93f3a4d0555b/698893735f570f2066b20f38/donald-trump-paul-ryan.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-TRUMP og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Republicans Trust Donald Trump Over Paul Ryan to Lead Party twitter:description: A poll shows Trump is more trusted than the highest-ranking elected Republican twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1fd93f3a4d0555b/698893735f570f2066b20f38/donald-trump-paul-ryan.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Republican Voters Trust Donald Trump Over Paul Ryan to Lead Party  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Updated: Dec 15, 2023 1:23 AM UTCPublished: May 17, 2016 1:38 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives for a meeting with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) at the National Republican Congressional Committee on May 12 in Washington, DC. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives for a meeting with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) at the National Republican Congressional Committee on May 12 in Washington, DC.Brendan Smialowski—AFP/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Updated: Dec 15, 2023 1:23 AM UTCPublished: May 17, 2016 1:38 PM UTC A majority of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters say they trust [presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump](http://time.com/4338179/donald-trump-republican-defense-reince-priebus-jeff-sessions/?xid=homepage) over [Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan ](http://time.com/4327668/paul-ryan-donald-trump-meeting/)to lead the party, [according to a new poll](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/majority-republican-voters-trust-trump-over-ryan-lead-party-n574851) released Tuesday. The NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll found that 58% of respondents who said they are registered to vote trust Trump to lead the party over Ryan, while 39% said they trust Ryan more. At a press conference on Tuesday, Ryan said he is pleased with those results. “I hope it’s Donald Trump. He’s getting the nomination,” Ryan said. Asked directly if he sees Trump as the leader of the Republican Party, Ryan said: “Good Lord, I hope it is, because the person who is getting the nomination of our party is the person to lead our party.” Ryan, the country’s highest-ranking elected Republican, [has not yet endorsed Trump](http://time.com/4320139/donald-trump-paul-ryan-republican-party/) for president, but he said he was “encouraged” by their meeting last week. Many conservatives had hoped Ryan would emerge as the Republican nominee in the event of a contested convention, but he [has said he doesn’t want the nomination](http://time.com/4291293/paul-ryan-republican-nomination/). While 63% of Republicans who identify as “very conservative” said they trust Trump more than Ryan, and 34% said they trust Ryan more, the margin is smaller among those who identify as “conservative” and “moderate.” In both categories, 57% said they trust Trump more, and 40% said the opposite. The poll—which surveyed 14,100 adults, including 12,507 registered voters—was conducted online from May 9 through May 15 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2%. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4338384/donald-trump-paul-ryan-party-leader-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4338384/donald-trump-paul-ryan-party-leader-poll/"},"headline":"Republican Voters Trust Donald Trump Over Paul Ryan to Lead Party","datePublished":"2016-05-17T13:38:52.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-15T01:23:36.000Z","description":"A new poll shows Trump is more trusted than the highest-ranking elected Republican","url":"https://time.com/4338384/donald-trump-paul-ryan-party-leader-poll/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Paul Ryan","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1fd93f3a4d0555b/698893735f570f2066b20f38/donald-trump-paul-ryan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1fd93f3a4d0555b/698893735f570f2066b20f38/donald-trump-paul-ryan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-TRUMP","caption":"US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-TRUMP","creditText":"Brendan Smialowski—AFP/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/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4338384/donald-trump-paul-ryan-party-leader-poll/","name":"Republican Voters Trust Donald Trump Over Paul Ryan to Lead Party"}}]}] ```