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Results of an online presidential straw poll launched by Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., show participants as supporting the current Republican Party presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.

The nonbinding online straw poll by Cramer was launched Feb. 2 and closed on Monday.

Trump received 1,745 out of 4,740 votes in the poll, or 37.7 percent. In second was Texas Sen. Ted Cruz with 1,220 votes, or 25.7 percent.

Rounding out the Top 5 were Florida Sen. Marco Rubio with 17.3 percent, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson with 11.6 percent and Ohio Gov. John Kasich at 3.2 percent.

Cramer said in a release Wednesday the North Dakota poll is meant to compensate for the state GOP not sponsoring a caucus this year. The poll results aren’t binding to the 28 delegates sent to the national convention, scheduled for July in Cleveland.

“Never in my career has a party preference process been this exciting, and I wanted North Dakota Republicans to have an opportunity to weigh in with their votes,” Cramer said.

In announcing his poll results, Cramer also came out in support of Trump.