Ben Carson leads national poll for GOP race over Trump, Rubio and Cruz ahead of Bush
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has overtaken businessman Donald Trump in the latest poll as the top pick of Republican primary voters to be the party’s presidential nominee. A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds Carson ahead of Trump 29% to 23%.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz rank third and fourth as the top pick of 11% and 10% of Republican primary voters, respectively after strong performances in last week’s debate.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is at 8% with no other Republican garners more than 3% support.
November has two GOP debates scheduled: November 10 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and again on November 15 in Nevada.
The rest of the field: 3%: Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, John Kasich, Mike Huckabee. Rand Paul is at 2% and the following list didn’t register a full percentage point: Bobby Jindal, Lindsey Graham, Rick Santorum and Jim Gilmore.
The Journal/NBC News survey of 400 Republican primary voters, conducted Oct. 25-29 with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percentage points.
A CBS/New York Times poll released last week also found Carson ahead of Trump with Trump ahead in recent polls in Iowa and New Hampshire, albeit by a very small margin.
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