Cruz Takes Lead Over Trump In Latest Poll From Iowa

In this Jan. 8, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, holds a town hall at Praise Community Church in Mason City, Iowa. With three weeks to go before Iowa kicks off the 2016 presiden... In this Jan. 8, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, holds a town hall at Praise Community Church in Mason City, Iowa. With three weeks to go before Iowa kicks off the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump and Cruz are generating overwhelming enthusiasm among Republican voters in the state. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) MORE LESS
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) took a small lead over GOP rival Donald Trump, according to a poll from Iowa released Sunday.

The NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll showed that Cruz had 28 percent support among likely caucusgoers and Trump held 24 percent support, according to the survey.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) had 13 percent and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson had 11 percent.

The same poll in October showed Trump with 24 percent of likely caucusgoers and Carson with 19. Both Cruz and Rubio had 6 percent support at that time.

The poll was conducted from Jan. 2-7 and surveyed 1,094 potential GOP caucusgoers. The margin of error was plus or minus 3 percent.

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  1. Avatar for jep07 jep07 says:

    this could never have happened if Iowa wasn’t on the Canadian border…

  2. Avatar for dnl dnl says:

    Let me know when a poll becomes significant…

  3. Avatar for wtf1 wtf1 says:

    tRump’s head exploding in 3, 2, 1…

  4. Cue the Trump Tweetz-krieg [tm].

  5. Avatar for archer archer says:

    This will come as a big surprise to Minnesotans.

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