2016 Alaska Republican presidential caucuses

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28 pledged delegates to the Republican National Convention
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Candidate  | Ted Cruz | Donald Trump
Home state  | Texas | New York
Delegate count  | 12 | 11
Popular vote  | 8,369 | 7,740
Percentage  | 36.37% | 33.64%

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Candidate  | Marco Rubio | Ben Carson
Home state  | Florida | Virginia
Delegate count  | 5  | 0
Popular vote  | 3,488  | 2,492
Percentage  | 15.16%  | 10.83%

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Results by state house district

Ted Cruz

20-30%

30-40%

40–50%

Donald Trump

30–40%

40–50%

Ben Carson

40–50%

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The 2016 Alaska Republican presidential caucuses took place on March 1, 2016 as part of "Super Tuesday." Senator Cruz won the state's caucuses by less than 1,000 votes, despite Trump enjoying the endorsement of former Governor and 2008 Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, the 9th Governor of Alaska.

While Cruz performed best in the state's urban legislative districts, Trump won rural precincts in the Alaska Bush. Alaska was the only state where neurosurgeon Ben Carson carried a jurisdiction over the course of the primary, albeit one of the country's least populated.

## Polling

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Poll source  | Date  | 1st  | 2nd  | 3rd  | Other

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Caucus results | March 1, 2016  | Ted Cruz 36.37% | Donald Trump 33.64%  | Marco Rubio 15.16%  | Ben Carson 10.83%, John Kasich 3.99%, Other 0.01%
Alaska Dispatch News/Ivan Moore Research[1]

Margin of error: –

Sample size: 651

| January 23, 2016  | Donald Trump
27.9% | Ted Cruz

23.8%

| Ben Carson

8.5%

| Jeb Bush 7.3%, Marco Rubio 6.9%, Chris Christie 3.3%, Rand Paul 3.0%, John Kasich 1.7%, Other 4.1%, Undecided 13.4%
Public Policy Polling

Margin of error: ± 5.3%

Sample size: 337

| July 31 – August 3, 2014  | Ted Cruz
16% | Rand Paul
15% | Mike Huckabee
14% | Chris Christie 12%, Jeb Bush 12%, Sarah Palin 11%, Scott Walker 7%, Paul Ryan 6%, Marco Rubio 5%, Someone else/Not sure 4%
Public Policy Polling

Margin of error: ± 5.5%

Sample size: 313

| May 8–11, 2014  | Ted Cruz
15% | Jeb Bush
14% | Chris Christie
14% | Sarah Palin 12%, Rand Paul 11%, Mike Huckabee 11%, Paul Ryan 4%, Scott Walker 4%, Marco Rubio 3%, Someone else/Not sure 11%
Chris Christie
16% | Jeb Bush
15% | Ted Cruz
15% | Rand Paul 14%, Mike Huckabee 10%, Paul Ryan 5%, Scott Walker 5%, Marco Rubio 4%, Someone else/Not sure 16%
Magellan Strategies

Margin of error: ± 7%

Sample size: 190

| April 14, 2014  | Ted Cruz
16% | Rand Paul
15% | Jeb Bush
13% | Mike Huckabee 12%, Chris Christie 11%, Marco Rubio 7%, Scott Walker 6%, John Kasich 1%, Undecided 19%
Public Policy Polling

Margin of error: ± 4.7%

Sample size: 442

| January 30 – February 1, 2014  | Rand Paul
15% | Ted Cruz
13% | Sarah Palin
13% | Jeb Bush 12%, Mike Huckabee 11%, Chris Christie 10%, Marco Rubio 6%, Paul Ryan 4%, Scott Walker 4%, Someone Else/Undecided 12%
Ted Cruz
16% | Jeb Bush
14% | Rand Paul
14% | Mike Huckabee 13%, Chris Christie 9%, Marco Rubio 8%, Paul Ryan 7%, Scott Walker 5%, Someone Else/Undecided 15%
Public Policy Polling

Margin of error: ± 4.4%

Sample size: 507

| July 25–28, 2013  | Rand Paul
18% | Sarah Palin
14% | Chris Christie

13%

| Jeb Bush 11%, Marco Rubio 9%, Paul Ryan 9%, Ted Cruz 8%, Rick Santorum 5%, George Zimmerman 2%, Someone Else/Undecided 12%
Rand Paul
20% | Jeb Bush

15%

| Chris Christie

14%

| Paul Ryan 14%, Marco Rubio 10%, Ted Cruz 9%, Rick Santorum 6%, Someone Else/Undecided 12%
Public Policy Polling

Margin of error: ± 4.2%

Sample size: 537

| Feb. 4–5, 2013  | Marco Rubio
18% | Mike Huckabee
14% | Rand Paul

12%

| Chris Christie 11%, Paul Ryan 10%, Jeb Bush 9%, Sarah Palin 9%, Bobby Jindal 6%, Rick Perry 1%, Someone Else/Undecided 10%

## Results

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Alaska Republican legislative district conventions, March 1, 2016  Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage  | Actual delegate count

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Bound  | Unbound  | Total
Ted Cruz | 8,369 | 36.37% | 12 | 0 | 12
Donald Trump | 7,740  | 33.64%  | 11  | 0  | 11
Marco Rubio | 3,488  | 15.16%  | 5  | 0  | 5
Ben Carson | 2,492  | 10.83%  | 0  | 0  | 0
John Kasich | 918  | 3.99%  | 0  | 0  | 0
Unprojected delegates:  | 0  | 0  | 0
Total:  | 23,010  | 100.00%  | 28  | 0  | 28
Source: The Green Papers and Alaska Republican Party

Delegates were awarded to candidates who got 13% or more of the vote proportionally.

### Controversy

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At the Republican National Convention, Alaska's floor votes were all recorded for Donald Trump by the convention secretary, even though the Alaska delegation read their votes according to the results of the caucuses- 12 for Cruz, 11 for Trump and 5 for Rubio. An Alaska delegate challenged the results as recorded.[2] However, RNC chair Reince Priebus defended the actions of the convention secretary, saying that the delegates were bound to Trump.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "ADN poll: Alaskans like Trump, Sanders for president". January 23, 2016.
2. ^ Carlson, Emily. "Chairman of Alaska's Rep party said he doesn't know why 28 delegates went @realDonaldTrump but "it's going to be corrected in record" @ktva". Twitter. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
3. ^ Kopan, Tal; Payson-Denny, Wade. "Why Alaska's delegates were counted for Donald Trump". CNN. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Retrieved July 23, 2016.

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