Polled registered Republican voters were also asked, "Do you have a more favorable or less favorable opinion of (each candidate) after the debate?" Poll results clearly show that Ben Carson won the first GOP debate in the minds of Republican voters with Marco Rubio coming in second place. Rand Paul had a rough evening, uncharacteristic of his general performance in state and national polls.
According to Robert Herring, Sr., CEO of One America News Network, "Dr. Ben Carson
had a wonderful evening. He was articulate and, at times, funny.
Carson stayed out of the verbal jabbing that cost Christie and Paul some
points this evening."
Gravis
Marketing, a nonpartisan research firm, conducted a random survey of
904 registered Republican voters across the U.S. Questions included in
the poll were focused only on the top ten GOP candidates that
participated in the 9 PM ET debate. The poll has an overall margin of error of +/- 3%. The polls were conducted on August 6,
immediately following the GOP debate using interactive voice response,
IVR, technology. The poll was conducted exclusively for One America
News Network.
One America News Network
has been providing extensive coverage of the 2016 Presidential
campaign, including numerous exclusive one-on-one interviews with the
leading candidates. One America News Network will be
releasing on-going 2016 Presidential polling results. Complete poll
results of this recent poll, along with past polls, are available on One
America News Network's website at: http://www.oann.com/pollresults/