Several other recent polls have shown Trump reclaiming a solid lead atop the Republican field after several weeks of near parity with Carson, CNN noted. On foreign policy, Trump inches up to 32%, and among those who call terrorism an extremely important issue, 49% say they trust Trump most on ISIS.
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Lately, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz have been constantly arguing about national security and foreign policy issues, with the Florida senator pointing to Cruz’s lack of knowledge when it comes to his approach on terrorism, while the Texas senator said that Rubio is “misguided” on foreign policy.
Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump has not faded in the fall, as Republican professionals hoped, but has his biggest lead yet and support from more than a third of GOP voters, according to a CNN/ORC poll released just 58 days before the Iowa presidential caucuses.
What’s more, Lara M. Brown, an associate professor of politics at George Washington University, contends that CNN/ORC engaged in a “bad polling practice” in the survey by choosing to ask five questions on the topic of illegal immigration prior to asking about the Republican horserace.
Trump faltered for a while, as Republicans warmed up to Carson and his genial, low-key style.
The poll was conducted before the shootings in San Bernardino, California, on Wednesday, carried out by a man reported to have been radicalized and his wife.
We’re not even sure what to say about this any more.
Support has been growing for Cruz and Rubio as the campaign moves along, partly because of how well they did in the candidates’ televised debates.
Trump leads on electability, with 52 percent of voters calling him the candidate with the best chance of winning, as well as on the economy, where he dominates the field with 55 percent support. He is now greater than doubled the support of his nearest rivals, Sen.
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In this new survey, taken November 27-Dec. For results among Republican and Republican-leaning voters, the margin of sampling error is plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
