The biggest loser in the new survey is retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, whose figures dropped by 8 percent points to 14 percent.
Advertisement
In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union”, Kasich, a Republican presidential candidate, said he isn’t buying polls that show Trump in the lead – including a new CNN/ORC poll that puts the real estate mogul’s support at 36%, more than double any other contender, among Republicans. Marco Rubio is in second place at 17%.
“It doesn’t seem to matter what he says or who he offends, whether the facts are contested or the “political correctness” is challenged, Donald Trump seems to be wearing Kevlar”, Quinnipiac assistant poll director Tim Malloy said in a news release detailing the results. Altogether, 33 percent of tea partiers favored the billionaire businessman, while 21 percent said they would vote for Carson.
The poll, which was conducted from November 11-23, also showed that Clinton would win 48 percent of Tennessee Democratic voters, giving her a 20-point edge over Vermont Sen.
Trump, who was at 24 percent one month ago, has topped almost all Republican polls since July.
-ABC’s This Week: Hillary Clinton; Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush.
Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley registers just two percent in the much smaller Democratic field.
Despite constant controversial comments and little to no workable policy positions (of any kind), Trump has had little problem staying atop the field of Republican candidates.
Advertisement
-CBS’s Face the Nation: Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Chris Christie; Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. “At the time the poll was done, the race in the Republican primary was between Trump and Carson”, he added.
