That level of support would be the first time a Republican has seen double-digit support in the African-American vote since 2004 with George W. Bush. She received support from 46 percent of respondents, compared to 38 percent for Trump, with 16 percent undecided.
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Real estate tycoon Donald Trump has once again become the frontrunner Republican presidential candidate edging past neurosurgeon Ben Carson, albeit by a small three per cent margin.
“Ben Carson is not equipped to do that – he doesn’t have a chance of bringing back a single job”, said Trump. About 19 percent favored Trump, who’d polled as the top North Carolina candidate in the previous Elon Poll in September. Cruz comes in second with 10%, 9% for Carson, 7% Rubio, and tied with 5% each are Bush and Kasich.
But against Ben Carson, who is now leading the GOP horserace in the NBC/WSJ poll, Clinton finds herself in a tied contest, 47 percent to 47 percent.
Mr. Trump was at 25 percent in the CNN/ORC poll released Friday, followed by Mr. Carson at 23 percent, Mr. Rubio at 13 percent, and Sen.
Carson has also topped former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 50 to 40 percent, in a final face off, the poll said. A huge group of Democratic voters – 44 percent – say their vote isn’t locked in and they may change their mind. Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal took four percent each while New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie earned 3 percent.
Trump is viewed favorably by 37% and unfavorably by 56%, while Clinton’s ratings of 42% and 52% are also underwater.
But Tim Pawlenty, the former governor of Minnesota who dropped out of the presidential race early in 2012, told the Washington Post last week that “stragglers” may not be dropping out because of loyal support from smaller campaign operations that require less money.
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The survey of 600 active and likely voters, conducted in late October by EPIC-MRA of Lansing, tested potential general election match-ups between the top two national polling leaders in each party.
