Poll Puts Carson Ahead Of Trump Nationally For First Time

In this Oct. 9, 2015 photo, Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson speaks at a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington. In the past week, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has suggested... In this Oct. 9, 2015 photo, Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson speaks at a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington. In the past week, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has suggested the Holocaust wouldn't have happened if Jews in Europe were better armed, said gun control is a bigger tragedy than a bullet-riddled body and that the best way to confront a mass shooter is to rush the gunman. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) MORE LESS
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Ben Carson leads Donald Trump by four points in a new national CBS News/New York Times poll released on Tuesday morning, suggesting that Carson could dislodge Trump as the Republican frontrunner.

Among Republican primary voters, Carson received 26 percent of support while Trump received 22 percent support. The rest of the Republican candidates polled in the single digits: 8 percent of GOP primary voters supported Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), 7 percent supported former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and 7 percent supported Carly Fiorina.

Carson has recently gained on Trump among Republican primary voters. Numerous recent Iowa polls have found Carson unseating Trump as the frontrunner in the key primary state.

CBS/NYT surveyed 575 Republican primary voters via phone Oct. 21-25 with a margin of error plus or minus 6 percentage points.

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