N.H. poll: Trump and Carson close, Rubio rising

Our NBC-Wall Street journal poll shows Hillary Clinton and Ben Carson would each get almost half the vote, if the election were held today.

Presidential candidate Ben Carson has jumped to a significant lead over Donald Trump in North Carolina, according to an Elon University Poll released Thursday.

Twenty-three percent of likely GOP caucus goers said they would support Ben Carson for president.

Carson, a Detroit native and retired neurosurgeon, led Clinton by six percentage points.

The 2016 election is a year away, and the Republican Party still has more than a dozen candidates vying for the presidential nomination.

Among likely Democratic voters, Clinton has 57 percent support to Bernie Sanders’ 24 percent.

She leads Florida Sen.

Tim Mallow, Qunnipiac’s assistant director described Carson’s lead over Clinton as a contest of character.

Conducted from October 29 to November 2 via telephone, the Quinnipiac University poll surveyed more than 1,100 national registered voters with a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

The focus on economy is a win for Trump who garners a 42% rating from primary voters who say he is the most qualified to handle the economy. He said the race has already left a few front-runners on life support. Marco Rubio has been taking big strides toward first place in the important early nominating state of New Hampshire since the third and second Republican debates. That’s to be expected, given that even primary voting remains a long way off.’ According to Reineke, Carson and Trump both surpassed Clinton in follow-up questions gauging support for each candidate.

Rubio and Cruz also manage to beat Clinton in the general, as does New Jersey governor Chris Christie, who is only polling at 3%. The remaining Republican candidates all polled below 3%, while 63% of responders to the survey claimed they may still pivot on who to support. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones. The overall sample included 502 Republicans, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points, and 480 Democrats, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.