# 2016 West Virginia Republican presidential primary

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The 2016 West Virginia Republican presidential primary was held on May 10 in the U.S. state of West Virginia as one of the Republican Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The only candidate on the ballot who had not withdrawn was Donald Trump.
Both the Democratic Party and the Libertarian Party hold their own West Virginia primaries on the same day.

## Opinion polling

List of polls :
| Poll source | Date | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Other |
| Primary results | May 10, 2016 | Donald Trump 77.01% | Ted Cruz 8.98% | John Kasich 6.74% | Ben Carson 2.17%, Marco Rubio 1.43%, Jeb Bush 1.14%, Rand Paul 0.89%, Mike Huckabee 0.87%, Chris Christie 0.36%, Carly Fiorina 0.33% |
| R.L. Repass & Partners/MetroNews Margin of error: ± 4% Sample size: 228 | April 22– May 2, 2016 | Donald Trump 57% | Ted Cruz 25% | John Kasich 14% | Undecided 4% |
| Public Policy Polling Margin of error: ± 4.2% Sample size: 549 | April 29– May 1, 2016 | Donald Trump 61% | Ted Cruz 22% | John Kasich 14% | Undecided 3% |
| Metro News Margin of error: ± ?% Sample size: 159 | February 11–16, 2016 | Donald Trump 40% | Ted Cruz 20% | Marco Rubio 15% | Ben Carson 10%, John Kasich 6%, Jeb Bush 4%, Carly Fiorina <1%, Chris Christie <1%, Not Sure 4% |
| Orion Strategies Margin of error: ± 4.9% Sample size: 406 | August 25, 2015 | Donald Trump 29% | Marco Rubio 8% | Ben Carson 7% | Jeb Bush 7%, Mike Huckabee 7%, Ted Cruz 5%, Scott Walker 2%, Carly Fiorina 2%, John Kasich 1%, Rand Paul 1%, Undecided 32% |
| Harper Polling Margin of error: ± 6.3% Sample size: 242 | April 9–11, 2015 | Jeb Bush 23% | Mike Huckabee 20% | Scott Walker 13% | Ben Carson 8%, Ted Cruz 8%, Rand Paul 7%, Chris Christie 5%, Marco Rubio 4%, Rick Santorum 1%, Undecided 11% |

## Results

West Virginia Republican primary, May 10, 2016 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | Actual delegate count | Actual delegate count |
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Bound | Unbound | Total |
| Donald Trump | 157,238 | 77.05% | 30 | 0 | 30 |
| Ted Cruz (withdrawn) | 18,301 | 8.97% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kasich (withdrawn) | 13,721 | 6.72% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Carson (withdrawn) | 4,421 | 2.17% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Rubio (withdrawn) | 2,908 | 1.43% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeb Bush (withdrawn) | 2,305 | 1.13% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rand Paul (withdrawn) | 1,798 | 0.88% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) | 1,780 | 0.87% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 727 | 0.36% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) | 659 | 0.32% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Eames Hall | 203 | 0.10% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uncommitted | | | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Unprojected delegates: | Unprojected delegates: | Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 204,061 | 100.00% | 34 | 0 | 34 |
| Source: The Green Papers ||||||