Mobile Survey Shows Americans Have Trust Issues with Presidential Candidates

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Survey stats: We polled 1000 Americans in under two hours after the South Carolina Primaries and prior to Super Tuesday.

What we discovered: While Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have commanding leads in their respective parties – most voters have trust issues with each candidate.
Most surprising:  28% of Independents believe Bernie Sanders would do the best job as President, 26% Trump, and 17% Clinton.

We surveyed over 1000 Americans via their mobile phone who have been following the election for the past two weeks to find out:

  • Which candidate aligns with your values?
  • What is your level of trust with each candidate?
  • Who would you vote for today to win your party’s nomination?
  • Who would do the best job as President of the United States?

Here are the results:

  • 37.21% Democratic Party Affiliation
  • 34.83% Republican Party Affiliation
  • 27.96% Independent/Other

We asked the Democratic-affiliated:

Which candidate most closely aligns with your values?

  • 56.57% Hillary Clinton
  • 43.43% Bernie Sanders

We asked their level of trust with each candidate:

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If the Democratic Party candidate election were to be held today, who would you vote for?

  • 56.30% Hillary Clinton
  • 43.70% Bernie Sanders

On the Republican side:

Which candidate most closely aligns with your values?

  • 48.86% Donald Trump
  • 17.14% Ted Cruz
  • 16.00% Ben Carson
  • 13.14% marco Rubio
  • 4.86% John Kasich

As for their level of trust with each candidate: 

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If the Republican party candidate election were being held today, who would you vote for?

  • 49.57% Donald Trump
  • 16.91% Ted Cruz
  • 15.19% Ben Carson
  • 12.89% Marco Rubio
  • 5.44% John Kasich

And finally,

Based on information you have today, which of the candidates do you believe would do the best job as President of the United States?

  • 26.37% Donald Trump
  • 24.68% Hillary Clinton
  • 22.09% Bernie Sanders
  • 7.66% Ted Cruz
  • 7.46% Ben Carson
  • 6.97% Marco Rubio
  • 4.78% John Kasich

You can view the results and sort/filter by answer to see how that group of respondents answered other questions. Or even filter by age and gender.

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