Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump held double-digit leads over his rivals in the early voting states Nevada and South Carolina, according to a CNN poll released Wednesday.
Nevada and South Carolina are the next nominating states after Iowa and New Hampshire.
In Nevada, Trump had 38 percent of support among likely GOP caucus goers and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson had 22 percent. In South Carolina, Trump had 36 percent of likely Republican primary voters while Carson got 18 percent.
No other candidate in either state had more than 10 percent support in the polls.
The CNN/ORC polls were conducted by phone from Oct. 3-10.
In South Carolina, 1,009 adults living in the state were interviewed. Of those, 521 said they were likely to vote in the Republican presidential primary. Results from that state had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
In Nevada, 1,011 adults living in the state were interviewed. Of those, 285 said they were likely to participate in the Republican presidential caucus with a margin of error of 6 points.
