Carson Leads Trump In New Iowa Poll

Republican presidential candidates Ben Carson, left, and Donald Trump talk before the start of the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015,... Republican presidential candidates Ben Carson, left, and Donald Trump talk before the start of the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) MORE LESS
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Ben Carson took the lead from Donald Trump among Iowa Republicans in a new Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday.

Among likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers, Carson leads Trump 28-20, while 13 percent supported Sen. Marci Rubio (R-FL) and 10 percent supported Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).

Carson has an even larger lead over Trump among the women surveyed: 33 percent supported Carson while 13 percent supported Trump. Among the men polled, 25 percent support Carson and 24 percent back Trump.

In an NBC/WSJ poll conducted earlier in October, Trump led Carson 24-19. In the last Quinnipiac poll in Iowa, released in early Sept., Trump led Carson 27-21.

Quinnipiac surveyed 574 likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers via phone Oct. 14-20 with a margin of error plus or minus 4.1 percentage points.

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  1. Poor JEB!

  2. The Donald will pull out all stops to end this and take Iowa back…and thus he unveils a new tonsorial creation: “Homage to Iowa”!

    If that doesn’t work, he will sue Iowa into submission.

  3. When told of the good news, Dr. Knowlittle smiled: “Yassir’…I got this all sewed’ up!”

  4. The Iowa GOP once again doing its job of spotlighting the stupid.

  5. All Carson has to do is say, “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus” and the Iowa Republicans will be stupid enough to vote for him, just like they did for Joni Ernst!

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