Clinton and Carson tied in hypothetical matchup a year from Election Day

Among independent voters, Carson leads Clinton by 13 percentage points, while Rubio outpaces her by 7 percentage points. “It’s not in his wheelhouse, he’s never done it before, and I don’t think it’s, you know, meant for him”. “Because of equal time rules for television, Mr. Trump can only speak for four seconds in this promo”, Strong says in one of the promos.

As if Trump haven’t pissed off enough people already, there he goes again.

But on social issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage, most said Carson would do the best job handling them. Ted Cruz of Texas, with ten percent, and former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida, with eight percent.

The Florida Republican delivered his strongest retort to Trump to date Thursday morning in New Hampshire as he filed for the primary, calling it “ironic” that Trump is attacking his financial history.

“With the election one year away, Ben Carson has surgically cut away all but one GOP opponent and taken a scalpel to Hillary Clinton’s lead”, he added.

“Is there a doctor in the house?”

Meanwhile, a Reuters/Ipsos nationwide poll on the Republican presidential candidates also released on Tuesday showed that Trump is the contender most trusted by GOP voters in managing the economy, dealing with foreign leaders and serving as commander in chief. Jeb Bush had only 8 percent – and it was soon about to get even worse in other polls. Rubio leads Clinton 46% to 41%, but the former secretary of State leads Trump with 46% to 43%, Cruz also with 46% to 43% and Christie with 46% to 41%.

Forty percent of Democratic voters said they’re definitely decided on their preferred candidate while 38 percent said they’re still trying to decide and 21 percent said they’re leaning toward someone. About 19 percent favored Trump, who’d polled as the top North Carolina candidate in the previous Elon Poll in September.

Nine per cent of voters remain undecided, according to the poll of 502 registered Republicans, with a margin of error of 4.4 per cent. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones.

Mr. Rubio’s support increased 8 points since August, from 5 percent, and Mr. Cruz’s support picked up 3 points, from 8 percent.