Cruz, Rubio Most Likely to Benefit From Carson’s Exit, Polling Shows

Cruz suspended his campaign on Tuesday night. (Rob Kunzig/Morning Consult)

By Morning Consult Staff

March 2, 2016 at 2:44 pm ET

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson announced Wednesday he plans to end his campaign for the Republican nomination for president, and the two senators in the race stand to gain the most from his exit, according to Morning Consult polling data.

Twenty-nine percent of voters said Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was their second choice for the nomination, with 25 percent opting for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.

Front-running business mogul Donald Trump was the second choice for 19 percent of respondents, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich got the nod from 8 percent of voters.

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Likely Voters	49	44	3	4	49	44	3	4	49	44	3	4	48	44	3	4	48	45	3	5	48	45	3	5	48	45	3	5	48	44	3	5	49	44	3	5	49	43	3	5	49	44	3	5	49	44	3	5	49	44	3	5	48	44	3	5	48	44	3	5	49	44	3	5	49	43	3	5	48	44	3	5	48	44	3	5	48	45	3	4	49	44	3	4	48	44	3	5	48	44	3	5	49	44	3	5	49	44	3	5	49	44	3	5	48	44	3	5	49	43	3	5	49	43	3	5	49	43	3	5	49	43	3	5	50	42	3	5	50	43	3	4	51	42	3	4	51	42	3	4	50	42	3	5	50	42	3	5	50	42	3	5	50	42	3	5	50	42	3	5	51	42	3	5	51	42	3	5	51	42	3	4	50	42	3	4	50	42	3	5	50	42	3	5	50	42	3	5	50	42	3	5	50	42	3	5	50	42	3	5	50	42	2	5	50	42	2	5	50	43	2	4	51	42	3	4	50	43	3	4	51	42	3	4	51	42	3	4	51	42	3	4	50	42	3	5	50	43	3	4	50	42	3	5	51	42	3	4	50	42	3	4	51	42	3	4	50	42	3	5	50	42	3	5	50	42	3	5	51	42	3	5	50	42	3	4	50	42	3	5	50	42	3	5	50	42	3	5	50	42	3	5	50	42	3	5	51	42	3	5	50	42	3	5	50	42	3	5	51	42	3	5	51	42	3	5	51	42	3	5	50	42	3	5	51	43	2	5	51	42	3	5	51	42	3	5	50	43	3	4	50	43	2	4	50	43	2	4	50	43	2	4	51	42	2	4	51	42	2	5	51	42	3	5	51	42	3	5	51	42	2	5	51	42	2	5	51	43	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	43	2	4	50	43	3	4	51	43	2	4	51	42	2	5	51	42	2	5	51	43	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	43	2	4	52	42	2	4	51	43	2	4	52	42	2	4	51	43	2	4	52	43	2	4	52	42	2	4	52	42	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	44	2	4	50	43	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	43	2	4	50	44	2	4	50	43	2	4	50	44	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	44	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	44	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	44	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	44	2	4	51	44	2	4	51	44	2	4	51	43	2	4	51	44	2	4	51	44	2	4
Democrats	90	5	2	3	90	5	2	2	90	6	2	2	90	5	2	2	90	6	2	2	90	5	2	2	90	6	2	2	91	5	2	2	90	5	2	3	91	5	2	3	90	5	2	2	90	5	2	2	89	5	2	3	89	5	2	3	90	5	2	3	91	5	2	3	91	4	2	3	90	5	2	3	90	5	2	3	90	6	2	2	90	6	2	2	90	6	2	2	90	5	2	3	90	5	2	3	90	5	2	3	90	5	2	2	91	5	2	2	91	5	2	2	91	5	2	2	91	6	2	2	90	6	2	2	91	5	2	3	91	5	2	2	91	4	2	2	91	4	2	2	91	4	2	2	91	5	2	2	91	5	2	2	92	4	2	3	92	4	2	2	92	4	2	2	92	5	2	2	91	5	2	2	92	5	2	2	91	5	2	3	91	5	2	2	90	5	2	3	90	5	2	2	90	5	2	3	91	5	1	3	92	4	1	3	92	4	1	3	92	4	2	2	92	4	2	2	92	4	2	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	2	2	92	5	2	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	4	1	2	91	5	2	2	92	5	2	2	92	5	2	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	91	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	91	5	1	3	92	5	1	2	91	5	1	2	91	5	1	3	91	5	1	3	91	5	1	2	91	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	4	1	2	92	4	1	2	91	5	1	3	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	91	5	1	2	91	6	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	93	4	1	2	94	4	1	1	94	4	1	2	93	4	1	2	93	5	1	2	92	6	1	2	93	5	0	2	93	6	0	1	93	5	1	1	93	5	0	2	93	5	0	2	93	4	0	2	93	5	1	2	93	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	93	5	1	2	93	5	1	2	93	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	92	5	1	2	93	5	0	2	93	5	0	2	93	5	0	1	93	5	1	2	93	5	1	1	93	5	1	2	93	4	1	2	93	4	1	2	93	4	1	2	93	4	0	2	93	4	0	2	93	4	0	2	93	5	1	2	93	5	1	2	92	6	1	2	93	5	0	2	93	5	1	2	93	5	1	2	93	5	1	2	93	5	1	2
Independents	43	39	8	10	42	40	8	9	43	39	9	9	42	40	8	9	43	39	8	11	43	39	7	11	44	38	7	11	44	38	7	11	44	38	7	11	42	40	6	12	43	39	6	12	43	40	6	11	44	39	6	11	42	40	6	12	42	40	6	11	42	40	7	11	43	38	8	10	44	38	8	10	44	39	7	11	43	40	6	11	44	38	7	11	43	38	7	11	43	38	7	11	42	40	7	11	43	39	7	10	43	38	7	12	43	36	7	13	43	36	7	13	43	37	8	13	44	37	7	12	44	38	6	12	45	38	6	11	46	38	6	10	46	37	6	10	47	37	6	10	47	36	6	11	48	35	6	11	47	36	6	11	48	35	6	10	48	35	7	11	49	34	7	10	46	36	7	11	45	37	7	10	45	37	7	10	46	35	8	11	45	35	8	12	45	36	8	11	44	37	7	12	45	37	6	12	44	36	7	13	45	36	7	11	46	36	7	11	46	37	6	11	46	36	6	11	45	37	7	11	45	37	7	11	45	37	7	11	45	36	7	11	45	36	7	11	46	36	8	11	47	34	7	11	47	35	8	10	47	36	7	10	46	36	8	10	46	35	8	11	45	36	9	11	45	36	9	10	46	36	8	10	47	35	8	10	47	34	8	11	47	34	8	12	46	34	7	12	46	34	7	12	46	35	8	11	47	34	7	12	47	34	7	12	47	34	7	12	46	36	8	11	45	36	8	11	45	37	7	11	45	37	7	11	45	37	6	11	46	36	7	12	45	36	7	12	46	36	7	11	47	36	6	10	48	35	6	10	47	36	7	10	45	38	7	10	45	37	7	10	45	36	8	11	48	35	7	11	47	36	7	11	46	36	6	12	45	37	7	11	46	36	7	11	47	37	7	10	46	36	7	11	45	37	7	11	45	36	7	12	45	36	7	12	46	36	7	11	48	36	7	9	49	36	7	9	49	35	6	9	48	35	6	11	48	36	6	10	47	37	6	10	47	37	5	10	47	37	5	10	48	36	5	10	47	37	6	10	48	37	6	10	47	38	6	10	47	37	6	10	46	38	6	10	48	37	5	10	48	38	5	9	47	38	5	10	47	38	6	10	48	37	6	10	49	36	6	9	47	37	6	10	45	38	6	10	45	38	6	11	46	38	6	10	47	38	5	10	48	37	5	10	48	37	6	10	47	36	6	10	48	37	6	10	49	35	6	10	49	35	6	10	47	36	6	11	46	38	6	10	46	38	6	10	47	38	5	9	49	38	5	9	49	37	5	9	48	38	5	10	47	39	5	9	45	39	6	10	47	38	6	10	46	39	5	10	47	38	5	10
Republicans	7	89	1	2	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	6	89	1	3	6	90	1	3	6	90	1	3	6	91	1	3	6	90	1	2	7	90	1	2	7	89	1	3	6	90	1	3	6	90	1	3	6	90	1	3	6	91	1	2	6	91	1	2	6	90	1	3	6	90	1	3	6	90	1	3	6	90	1	3	6	90	1	3	7	90	1	3	7	90	1	3	7	90	1	3	6	90	1	3	7	90	1	3	6	90	1	3	6	90	1	3	7	90	1	3	7	89	1	3	8	88	1	4	7	88	1	4	7	88	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	8	88	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	88	1	4	7	88	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	8	88	1	3	8	88	1	3	7	89	1	3	8	88	1	3	8	88	1	3	7	88	1	3	7	88	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	6	90	1	3	7	90	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	2	8	88	1	3	8	88	1	3	8	88	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	88	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	88	1	3	7	88	1	4	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	88	1	3	8	88	1	3	8	88	1	3	8	88	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	6	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	8	88	1	3	8	89	1	3	8	88	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	8	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	88	1	3	7	88	1	3	8	87	1	4	8	88	1	3	8	88	1	3	8	89	1	3	8	88	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	90	1	3	6	90	1	2	7	90	1	2	7	90	1	2	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	7	89	1	3	8	88	1	3	8	88	1	3	8	89	1	2	8	88	1	3	8	89	1	2	7	90	0	3	7	90	0	2	7	90	1	3	7	90	1	3	7	90	1	3	7	90	1	3	6	90	1	3	6	90	1	3	6	90	1	3	7	90	1	2	7	90	1	2	6	90	1	2	6	90	1	2	7	90	1	2	7	90	1	2	7	90	1	3	7	90	1	2	7	90	0	2	7	91	0	2	6	92	1	2	6	92	1	2	6	92	1	2	6	91	1	2	6	91	1	2	7	90	1	2	6	91	1	2	7	90	1	2	7	90	1	2	7	90	1	2	7	90	1	2	7	90	0	2	7	91	1	2	7	91	1	2
Gen Zers	55	28	10	7	53	31	9	7	51	33	10	7	52	31	10	8	52	30	8	9	57	28	7	8	58	27	7	8	62	24	8	6	59	27	7	7	58	28	6	8	56	30	7	8	59	26	8	8	60	26	7	7	60	23	8	9	55	27	9	10	54	28	8	10	53	30	8	9	57	27	7	9	59	25	8	8	62	26	6	6	59	28	7	6	56	29	7	8	56	27	8	9	56	27	8	9	57	27	7	9	58	26	6	9	61	24	6	9	63	24	5	8	61	27	6	7	59	27	7	7	59	27	7	7	60	26	7	8	59	27	7	7	60	26	7	6	61	25	8	6	62	23	7	8	61	23	8	8	61	23	8	8	63	22	8	7	63	23	7	7	64	22	7	7	60	25	7	7	63	23	8	6	60	25	8	7	59	25	8	8	58	25	7	9	60	24	8	9	60	25	8	7	59	26	7	8	59	27	7	8	60	25	6	9	62	25	5	7	65	23	6	6	65	22	7	6	64	22	8	6	62	24	7	7	65	22	6	7	68	20	6	6	69	20	6	6	66	23	6	5	64	23	6	6	63	23	8	7	59	24	10	7	60	24	9	7	61	24	9	7	65	20	8	7	62	23	9	6	64	23	8	6	61	25	8	6	63	23	8	6	61	25	8	6	62	24	8	6	61	25	7	7	60	25	8	7	61	24	8	8	60	24	8	8	62	23	7	8	62	24	7	7	65	22	7	6	65	22	7	6	66	22	7	5	67	22	6	5	64	23	7	6	62	23	7	8	61	23	8	8	64	22	7	8	66	21	7	6	67	21	6	6	67	22	6	5	66	23	5	6	65	24	5	6	64	24	5	6	64	24	5	7	64	25	4	6	61	29	4	6	59	30	5	6	58	30	6	6	62	26	6	7	62	27	6	6	62	27	6	5	62	26	6	6	64	26	5	5	67	23	5	5	64	26	5	5	62	27	4	7	59	29	3	8	63	27	3	7	66	24	4	6	69	22	4	5	68	22	3	6	68	23	3	6	66	25	4	6	64	26	4	5	63	27	5	5	63	27	5	6	63	27	4	5	64	28	4	5	63	28	4	5	65	27	4	4	62	29	4	5	63	29	4	4	62	28	5	5	65	25	5	5	66	22	4	7	65	23	4	8	63	27	4	7	63	28	3	6	61	30	4	4	63	28	5	4	66	26	4	4	66	26	4	4	68	23	3	6	67	22	4	6	67	23	5	6	65	24	6	5	64	26	6	4	63	28	5	4	65	27	4	4	64	27	3	5	64	27	3	5	65	27	3	5	65	26	4	5	66	25	4	5	63	27	5	5	64	28	3	5
Millennials	52	39	4	5	53	39	4	4	54	36	5	4	53	38	5	4	52	39	5	5	51	39	4	5	50	41	4	5	50	41	4	5	51	41	4	4	53	40	3	4	53	39	4	5	53	39	3	4	52	39	4	5	51	41	3	5	52	40	3	5	50	40	5	4	51	40	4	4	51	40	5	4	52	39	4	5	52	40	4	4	52	39	4	4	50	40	5	5	50	39	5	5	50	39	5	6	52	38	5	5	52	38	5	5	51	39	5	6	52	38	5	6	52	38	5	5	54	37	4	5	53	38	4	5	54	38	3	5	55	37	4	4	56	36	4	4	55	36	4	4	56	36	4	5	55	36	4	5	54	36	4	6	52	39	4	5	53	38	4	5	55	36	4	5	56	35	4	5	55	36	4	5	53	37	4	5	52	37	4	6	52	37	5	6	53	37	5	5	52	38	5	5	52	38	4	5	52	39	4	6	53	38	3	5	54	38	3	5	56	37	3	4	56	36	4	4	54	38	3	4	55	37	4	4	54	39	4	4	55	38	4	4	52	39	4	4	52	38	4	5	54	37	4	5	55	37	4	4	56	36	4	4	56	36	4	4	55	36	4	4	53	38	4	5	53	38	4	5	53	38	4	5	54	37	4	5	53	38	4	5	53	38	4	5	52	39	4	5	53	38	4	5	54	38	4	4	53	38	4	5	53	38	4	5	54	37	4	5	53	38	4	5	51	39	5	5	51	40	4	5	51	40	4	5	53	38	4	5	52	39	4	5	53	38	4	5	51	40	4	5	51	41	4	5	51	42	3	4	53	40	3	4	54	39	3	4	54	38	4	5	54	37	4	5	55	36	4	5	55	35	4	5	56	35	4	5	55	37	3	5	54	38	4	4	52	40	4	4	52	40	4	4	51	40	4	5	53	39	4	5	52	39	3	5	53	39	4	5	53	39	3	4	54	39	3	4	54	39	3	4	53	40	3	4	54	39	3	4	56	38	3	4	56	37	2	4	56	37	3	4	55	38	3	4	54	38	3	4	54	39	3	4	53	39	3	4	54	38	4	4	54	38	4	4	54	39	3	4	54	40	3	3	53	40	3	4	54	39	4	4	53	39	3	4	53	39	3	4	53	39	4	4	54	38	4	4	55	37	3	4	55	38	3	4	54	39	3	4	54	40	2	4	53	40	3	4	54	40	3	4	54	39	3	4	54	39	3	4	54	39	3	4	53	39	3	4	52	41	3	5	51	42	3	4	52	41	3	5	53	40	3	4	54	40	3	4	54	40	3	4	54	39	3	4	54	39	4	4	55	38	4	4	54	40	3	4	53	41	3	3
Gen Xers	46	47	3	4	46	47	3	4	45	47	3	5	45	47	3	5	45	46	4	5	46	46	3	5	48	44	3	5	48	43	3	6	48	44	3	6	47	44	3	6	46	46	3	5	47	45	3	5	45	46	3	6	45	47	3	5	45	48	3	5	47	46	3	4	48	45	3	4	47	46	3	5	46	46	3	5	47	46	3	5	47	46	2	5	48	44	2	5	49	44	2	5	50	43	2	4	49	45	2	5	48	45	2	5	46	46	2	5	45	47	2	6	45	47	3	6	45	46	3	6	47	45	2	6	49	43	2	6	52	41	2	5	52	40	2	5	52	41	2	5	48	44	3	5	48	45	3	4	47	45	3	5	49	44	3	4	48	44	3	5	48	45	3	5	48	44	3	5	46	46	3	5	46	47	2	5	45	48	2	4	48	45	3	5	49	44	3	5	50	42	3	5	50	42	2	6	49	43	3	5	49	44	3	4	49	43	3	4	49	44	3	5	48	44	3	5	48	45	2	5	48	44	3	5	48	44	3	5	48	44	3	5	47	45	3	5	46	46	3	5	45	46	3	6	47	45	2	5	48	44	3	5	49	44	3	5	48	44	3	5	46	45	3	5	49	44	3	5	49	44	3	5	49	43	3	5	48	44	3	5	47	45	3	5	46	47	2	5	46	47	2	5	48	45	2	5	49	43	2	5	48	45	2	5	47	46	2	5	47	45	2	5	48	44	2	5	48	44	2	6	48	45	2	5	47	45	2	5	49	44	2	5	49	44	2	5	50	43	3	5	49	44	2	5	49	45	2	4	49	44	2	4	50	43	2	5	49	43	3	5	49	43	3	5	49	44	2	5	50	43	2	5	49	44	2	5	49	44	3	5	49	44	3	5	49	44	2	5	48	45	2	5	48	45	2	5	48	44	2	5	48	45	2	5	48	45	2	5	49	44	2	4	50	44	2	4	51	43	2	4	50	43	2	4	51	43	2	5	49	44	2	5	49	45	2	4	48	46	2	5	51	44	1	4	51	44	1	4	50	45	1	4	50	46	1	4	49	46	1	4	49	46	1	4	50	45	1	4	50	45	2	4	49	45	2	4	49	45	2	4	49	45	2	4	48	46	2	4	47	47	2	4	47	47	2	4	48	46	2	4	47	47	2	4	47	47	1	4	49	46	2	4	50	44	2	4	50	44	2	4	49	46	2	4	49	46	2	3	48	47	2	3	48	47	2	3	48	47	2	3	48	46	1	4	49	46	1	5	49	46	1	4	48	46	2	4	47	47	1	4	47	48	1	4	47	47	1	5	47	47	1	5	47	46	2	5	47	47	2	5
Baby Boomers	48	47	1	4	49	45	2	4	49	46	2	4	48	46	2	4	47	48	2	4	46	48	2	4	47	48	2	4	46	48	2	4	47	47	2	4	47	47	2	4	48	46	1	4	47	47	1	4	48	46	2	5	47	47	2	4	48	46	2	4	48	46	1	4	49	45	2	4	47	47	2	4	47	47	2	4	46	48	2	4	47	47	2	4	47	48	2	4	47	48	2	4	47	48	2	4	47	48	2	4	47	47	2	4	47	47	2	4	49	45	2	4	49	44	2	5	49	44	2	5	48	45	2	5	48	46	2	5	47	47	2	4	47	47	2	4	48	47	2	4	48	46	2	4	48	46	1	4	48	46	1	5	49	45	1	4	49	46	2	4	49	45	2	4	49	45	2	4	50	44	2	4	51	44	2	4	52	43	2	4	51	44	2	4	49	45	2	4	48	46	2	5	48	45	2	5	49	44	2	5	50	44	1	4	49	45	1	4	48	46	1	4	49	45	2	4	49	45	2	4	49	45	2	4	49	45	2	4	49	46	2	4	49	45	1	4	49	45	2	4	50	44	2	4	50	44	2	4	49	45	2	4	49	45	2	4	49	46	2	4	50	44	1	5	49	45	1	5	49	45	1	4	49	46	2	4	50	45	2	4	50	44	2	5	50	43	2	5	50	43	2	5	50	44	2	4	50	44	2	4	49	44	2	4	50	44	2	4	50	44	2	4	50	44	2	4	51	44	2	4	50	44	2	4	50	45	1	4	50	45	2	4	50	45	1	4	50	45	1	4	50	45	1	4	49	45	1	4	48	46	1	4	48	46	2	4	49	45	2	4	49	45	2	4	49	45	2	4	49	46	2	4	49	45	1	4	49	46	1	4	49	46	1	4	50	44	2	4	50	44	2	4	51	44	2	4	51	44	1	4	51	44	1	4	51	44	2	3	50	45	1	3	50	45	1	4	51	44	1	4	51	44	1	4	50	45	1	4	49	46	1	4	49	46	1	4	50	45	1	4	48	46	2	4	48	46	2	4	48	46	2	4	49	45	2	4	48	45	1	5	49	46	1	5	49	45	2	5	50	45	1	4	50	45	1	4	50	45	1	4	50	45	1	4	51	45	1	4	50	46	1	3	50	45	1	4	48	46	1	4	50	45	1	4	50	45	1	3	51	44	1	4	50	45	1	4	50	45	1	4	50	45	1	4	50	45	1	4	50	45	1	4	49	45	1	4	51	44	1	4	51	44	1	3	52	44	1	3	51	45	1	3	51	45	1	3	51	45	1	3	51	45	1	3	51	45	1	3	50	45	1	3	51	45	1	3	51	45	1	3

Morning Consult asked 3,040 registered Republican and Republican-leaning independent voters, including 304 Ben Carson supporters, for their first and second choice in the Republican presidential primary across three separate national polls conducted since February 24. The margin of error was plus or minus 6 percentage points.

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