Carson Pulls Within 1 Point Of Trump In Fox News Poll

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, right, talks with Ben Carson during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015,... Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, right, talks with Ben Carson during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) MORE LESS
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Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson pulled within 1 point of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump in a national Fox News poll released Tuesday.

Trump had 24 percent support of GOP primary voters, followed by Carson at 23 percent.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) had 10 percent.

The poll of was conducted by phone interviews among 1,004 randomly chosen registered voters from Oct. 10-12. The poll was conducted for Fox under the direction of Anderson Robbins Research and Shaw & Company Research.

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  1. Avatar for dwolf dwolf says:

    Oh, good. It’s Tweedledum and Tweedledumber.

    They sure are entertaining. Maybe they can combine their acts, like Beavis and Butthead?

  2. Avatar for ryp ryp says:

    Trump treads, Carson climbs, Fiorina falls, Cruz competitive, Bush bleeds, Kasich collapses and Marco muddles on.

  3. I honestly cannot tell if this is progress or a sign of the apocalypse.

  4. There is not a chance in hell that either of these men will be the Republican nominee for President. When I think of the 2016 GOP electoral totals with either of these fucking morons as the party’s candidate for President, the only phrase that comes to mind is: IF ONLY!

  5. Other than discovering the earth was actually flat, seeing these too nincompoops as the leaders in the primary polls is the next biggest shock of my life.

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