Trump tops CNN poll of 2016 Republicans, says he leads ‘movement’

In a new CNN/ORC Poll released Sunday, Trump leads all Republican hopefuls with 18 percent of polled Republicans.

The NBC/Marist poll had the trash-talking billionaire with a 7-point lead in New Hampshire and just two points behind the leader in Iowa, another closely watched early primary state.

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) told the GOP field to essentially ignore celebrity plutocrat Donald Trump, the loudmouthed candidate now topping GOP polls, for fear of further empowering him.

Most Republican voters want Donald Trump to remain in the race for president, and he’s the candidate GOP voters are most likely to say they want to see on the debate stage, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll.

Trump, Graham said, is only getting attention for “selling fear and prejudice” to certain parts of the Republican Party. “People are sick of each of these inept public servant in Washington that can not get anything done”. Walker has 10% support among Republicans and Republican-leaning voters. Among that group that see the contest as wide open, Bush has 14% support, while Trump has the backing of 13% and Walker stands at 9%.

In both Iowa and New Hampshire, NBC notes Trump is disliked by a almost 2:1 margin, demonstrating his campaign may not have many potential supporters left to peel off from the other Republican competitors. The poll, conducted of 320 potential Democratic caucusgoers, had a margin of error of 6 percentage points.

Clinton is the only candidate who is about as well-known as Trump, and while she is more well-liked than the developer, her favorability rating is net negative among registered voters nationally: 49% have an unfavorable view while 44% have a positive impression. John McCain was not a war hero because “I like people who weren’t captured. OK?”

A notorious flip-phone devotee, last week the senator destroyed his old-school phone after primary opponent Donald Trump read the cell number aloud during a televised speech before a crowd in Graham’s home state of South Carolina.

In New Hampshire, Mr Trump leads the Republican field with the support of 21 per cent of potential primary voters, followed by Bush at 14 percent.

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