Trump Regains Top Spot Among GOP Primary Voters In Latest Poll

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump moved into the top spot among national GOP primary voters in a NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday.

In the latest poll, Trump had 27 percent support, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) had 22 percent and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) had 15 percent.

The NBC News/WSJ poll from November showed retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson leading the pack with 29 percent support. At the time, Trump had 23 percent and Rubio had 11 percent.

In the most recent poll, Carson had 11 percent support.

The poll was conducted by phone from Dec. 6 to Dec. 9 among Republican primary voters. Its margin of error was plus or minus 4.9 percentage points.

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  1. Avatar for sandyh sandyh says:

    If Carson had stayed in Jordan any longer, he would have faded into oblivion. I guess Trump’s clever suggestion to go forth and get foreign policy experience worked like a charm.

  2. Avatar for mcbain mcbain says:

    I wonder how much of his support is people liking him vs people considering him the least awful of the candidates.

  3. Is Karl Rove still running these polls? He was upside down wrong on Ohio…I’m hoping these polls are upside down about Trump or our nation is in a lot more trouble and is a lot more racist than even I imagined.

    I wonder, does Chief Justice Roberts still believe this is post-racial America with racists like Trump and Scalia taking bigotry to new levels?

  4. Do any of these Republican candidates (wind bags) pack a concealed weapon or allow their followers to carry guns in their campaign events?

    I’m just curious if Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Fiorina, or the rest are following what they preach on everyone carrying guns to keep us “safe”.

    Does Trump allow guns onto his golf courses, commercial properties, or casinos? Where’s the MSM media on checking out this stuff?

    Can you imagine Carly Fiorina carrying a concealed weapon? Yikes…she can’t walk straight let alone shoot straight.

  5. (a) The folks 30 and under have social media and gadgets
    (b) The overworked and underpaid folks in their 40s have bills, and providing rent-free housing for (a)
    © Granny and Gramps have “politics” (why do you think Cable “news” programming’s commercials are
    straight from General Hospital?)

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