Former reality-television star Donald Trump remains the clear national frontrunner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination with a 13-point lead over Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), according to a NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released Thursday.
The poll showed support for Trump at 33 percent. Cruz, with 20 percent support, edged out Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) at 13 percent and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson at 12 percent. This represents an increase of 6 percentage points for Trump since the same poll in December, but a 2-point loss for Cruz.
The survey confirms the resilience of Trump’s national lead, which has been substantial in most polls even as some have shown Cruz pulling ahead in Iowa. Moreover, the number of respondents who could see themselves supporting Trump increased from 23 percent in December to 65 percent today, suggesting considerable gains for Trump on the national stage despite the tightening contest in Iowa.
The NBC/Wall Street Journal poll was conducted by live phone interviews from January 9-13 and surveyed 400 likely Republican voters. It had a margin of error of 4.9 percentage points.
Good that clown Carson is going nowhere. How many dumb remarks a day before you start to sink like a stone?
I’m sure this poll will lead 10’s of Iowans to say they want to vote for Trump in a caucus they probably won’t go to, which will then elect a delegate who can “vote” for who ever they want and counts for about .4% of what is needed to nominate a Republican.
FYI - Per the poll record, it’s an increase in potential support for Trump from 23% in March 2015, not an increase from 23% “in December” 2015, as the article suggests. In December 2016, the figure was 58%.
-AJG
I guess we’re supposed abandon all hope for a Democratic administration beginning January 2017 because of Trumpet’s tremendous, fantastic, huge poll numbers. A Democrat will win this election because she or he will get the most votes.
also Classy poll numbers…