You Vote: If the GOP primary for president in 2028 was held now, which of these would you vote for?

Vice President JD Vance is currently the strongest contender for the 2028 presidential election among Republican voters, according to a new poll.

The Center Square Voters' Voice Poll, conducted by Noble Predictive Insights, surveyed 2,565 registered voters from Oct. 2-6, 2025, via opt-in online panel and text-to-web cell phone messages. Only those who identified as Republican or Independent were asked to choose who among Republican contenders they'd vote for.

Among 978 registered Republicans and 178 Independents, Vance led the pack as the top choice among a group of potential GOP primary candidates and household names in the Republican Party. Thirty-eight percent of Republicans indicated they would vote for Vance if the Republican primary were held the day they were polled, as did 41% of Independents polled.

The other top contenders were Donald Trump Jr., who, though selected by 26% of respondents, still trailed the vice president by 12 points, along with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Vance and Trump Jr. were the only ones, however, to poll out of the single digits, while DeSantis and Rubio polled much closer to the other potential candidates at 6% and 4%.