New Poll Shows Ben Carson Leading Donald Trump Nationally

Carson’s gains can largely be attributed to an increase in support among two particular subgroups: women and evangelicals, both who now seem to prefer him over Trump.

The news of Carson taking over Trump’s hold on the national polls comes just one day after a Monmouth University poll determined that Carson is leading Trump in Iowa by double digits.

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Asked about Trump’s attacks on him then and the billionaire’s retweet of user asking if the genetically modified corn in Iowa was affecting voters” brains such that they would support Carson, he said he would not get in the “mud pit’ with his opponent.

Twenty-six percent of likely voters say Carson is their top pick for the nomination, four points ahead of Trump at 22 percent.

“On our side, you’ve got the No. 2 guy tried to kill someone at 14, and the No. 1 guy is high energy and insane as hell”, Graham said. It’s the first time this election cycle anyone other than Trump has been in the lead on the Republican side.

Trump early on Tuesday retweeted a comment by a supporter saying there was too much emphasis on a single poll.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks with supporters during a rally at West High School in Sioux City, Iowa, Tuesday, October 27, 2015. Well, it depends on how one sees the margin of error in a poll that has samples 575 GOP primary voters nationwide.

Trump also indicated that Carson’s work as a periodic neurosurgeon would go under the microscope.

A third recent poll, conducted by Bloomberg Politics, the Des Moines Register and Selzer & Company, tried to get at the heart of what Republicans like about Carson. Only 28 percent of respondents said they had already made up their minds.

Support for all the other GOP candidates was at 4 per cent or less.