Donald Trump Leads by 20 Points, Ted Cruz Second

The latest CNN poll shows Donald Trump 20 points ahead of the rest of the Republican field, while Texas Sen.

More than half of Republicans – 52 percent say Trump has the best chance of winning the general election in November, widely leading Rubio with 15 percent, Cruz with 11 percent and Carson with 10 percent. Marco Rubio of Florida at 12 percent, former Florida governor Jeb Bush at 6 percent and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina at 2 percent, the poll indicates.

Trump’s figures was 9 percentage points higher compared to his numbers last October, thereby solidifying his lead among Republican presidential hopefuls. Asked about his position on the unification of the Israeli capital, Trump refused to commit – as most Republican candidates have – to declaring the city to be the eternal capital of the Jewish state, and was greeted with boos. Sixty percent of voters who reported US economy as an “extremely important” issue in their decision to cast a vote now support Trump.

Rubin tells OneNewsNow that GOP voters should be “very careful” about choosing a candidate who supports Israel. He is also tremendously popular among voters that lack a college degree (46 percent said that they would back him). He’s also preferred to handle the federal budget (51%), illegal immigration (48%), ISIS (46%) and foreign policy (30%).

The new poll finds the businessman with his broadest support since he announced his candidacy in June, despite his increasingly inflammatory comments.

The real-estate mogul was once a prominent “birther” who questioned whether President Barack Obama was born in the United States and is a Christian, and he seemed to revert to that position in a brief mention of Wednesday’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.

37 percent said Trump could best handle the responsibilities of being commander-in-chief, more than twice his nearest competitor.

Even so, adding up Bush and Rubio’s support doesn’t touch the 36 percent Donald Trump is now commanding.

Donald Trump is the only US presidential candidate who has insulted Latinos, women, gays, Chinese, Muslims, blacks and the disabled – all in less than six months. “Even though he’s better than all these guys… even though he’s going to do more for Israel than anybody else”. Interviews were conducted with 930 registered voters, including 445 who are Republicans or independents who lean toward the Republican Party. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.5 percent.