Republican Presidential Polls 2016: Donald Trump Takes Command, Ben Carson

“By mainstreaming Islamophobic and unconstitutional policies, Donald Trump and Ben Carson are contributing to an already toxic environment that may be hard to correct once their political ambitions have been satisfied”, said CAIR Government Affairs Manager Robert McCaw, according to a news release.

The ADL also criticized Republican presidential candidates Sen. That does not work against Rubio (although Cruz is ham-handedly accusing him of being a “moderate”), who has a 93 percent rating from the infamous right-wing Heritage Action, an A rating from the NRA, a 98 percent rating from the American Conservative Union, and praise from the Club for Growth. Many who voice these descriptions simultaneously feel that illegal immigrants have also broken the law or pose potential harm, suggesting that for many Republicans, views on this are more nuanced than straight up-or-down approval on candidates’ proposals might suggest. Ted Cruz bests her by four (45-41 percent), while Chris Christie has a three-point edge (46-43 percent). For Carson, it’s a quick turn of events from last month, when he regularly surged ahead of Trump in Iowa polls. Trump registers 32 percent support, while second place in the poll goes to Florida Senator Marco Rubio with 13 percent.

Carson’s best standing Sunday came in a Washington Post/ABC poll.

Donald Trump has raced to a commanding ten point lead in the latest NBC 2016 Republican presidential poll. Carson also held steady at 22% support, exactly the same as where he stood one month ago in the survey.

A few polling analysts – many of whom caution that early polls are volatile and not predictive of eventual election outcomes – have been skeptical of Carson’s rise.

Meanwhile, Carson – who has called on the Congress to cut off funding to programs used to bring refugees to the USA – likened Syrian refugees to rabid dogs, and said allowing them into the United States would put Americans at risk.

Nearly all of each candidates’ own supporters feel he is ready to be commander-in-chief, so these numbers also reflect differences driven heavily by perceptions among non-supporters.