Carson garnered 26 percent support among nationwide Republican primary voters, compared to Trump with 22 percent, still within the 6 percent margin of sampling error. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio came in third place with 8 percent, while former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Carly Fiorina are tied in fourth place with 7 percent.
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Carson may be pulling ahead of Trump in the latest CBS/NYT poll, but a good portion of both candidates’ supporters remain unsure of their decision.
One Iowa poll showing Carson passing Trump is easy to overlook; three major Iowa polls showing roughly identical results can’t be dismissed.
The survey is the first time Trump hasn’t led the Republican field on a national scale since July.
But despite the slip in the polls, Trump reiterated Tuesday that he’s in the race to win. Ted Cruz, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Sen.
‘Disproportionate focus today on a poll that, for now, is an outlier by showing him behind Carson nationally, ‘ Silver said on Twitter.
Trump added: “Abolishing Medicare, I don’t think you’ll get away with that one”.
There is a few good news for Trump is his support is firmer than Carsons and he has a commanding lead in all other of the recent polls.
“He’ll hit back – everybody hits back”, Trump predicted Monday of Carson, who had yet to return fire.
Trump managed to insult most of Iowa last week by re-tweeting a comment saying they have “issues in the brain” because of all the Monsanto corn they’re eating. The Times, however, points out that its too early in the game for many Republican primary voters to know for sure who theyll cast their ballots for. Carson has amassed tremendous support among evangelical voters, who support him over Trump by more than 20 percentage points. Only 28 percent of respondents said they had already made up their minds.
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According to the poll, the majority of Republican primary voters actually have not yet made up their minds about their candidate of choice.
