On July 8, a poll by the Public Policy Polling survey of North Carolina confirmed that Trump is the leader of the GOP contenders. The poll found that Trump was at 16%, while Bush trailed at 12%. PPP Director Tom Jensen said of the results, "Trump's favorability rating in North Carolina is 55/32, much higher than we were finding in national polls prior to his entry into the race." Moreover, said Jensen, "Trump's really caught fire with voters on the far right ?" 66% of 'very conservative' voters see him favorably to only 24% with a negative view of him."