Trump is 20 points ahead in South Carolina

Most of the interviews for the poll were conducted before Trump’s remarks about banning Muslims from entering the United States.

Among Republicans denouncing Trump’s position was South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Matt Moore. Ted Cruz comes in second with 16%, followed by retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson at 14%, Florida Sen.

No other candidate is in a competitive position, including Jeb Bush, whose support is down to just 3%.

Trump is dominating the GOP pack with 35% support, according to the new poll. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Sen.

Trump voters continue to be more firm in their support.

Huckabee – who almost won SC eight years ago – is polling at just two percent, the same level of support as home state U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds a double digit lead over Bernie Sanders in the Democratic race.

Dole bristled at Cruz’s speeches in which he said the party had lost presidential elections in 1996, 2008 and 2012 because it had nominated mainstream Republicans such as Dole, Arizona Sen. Republican primary voters are generally more enthusiastic about voting than Democrats.

“Donald Trump says he might make a third-party run if he is mistreated by the party, but Donald Trump has severely mistreated the Republican Party with his outlandish and over-the-top statements against Hispanics, women and now against religion in terms of Muslims”, said Ron Bonjean, a GOP consultant and former aide to House and Senate Republican leaders.

Fox News polled 437 likely Republican voters with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points, and 364 Democratic voters for a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points. Mrs Clinton’s base views her potential presidency more favourably than does Mr Trump’s.

A New Hampshire group is planning a peaceful protest outside of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s event in Portsmouth on Thursday night.

Cooper said Trump’s “perversion” of Republicanism “gives voters and observers an incredibly false impression of our party and our platform”, and that “Trump is the best thing Hillary Clinton has going for her, and for that matter, President Obama”.