Republican presidential race continues to heat up

Only 8 percent of Democrats say they “would definitely not support” Clinton.

“The ads will debut on Morning Joe (MSNBC) tomorrow at 6:30am when Mr. Trump will join the show to discuss the significance of the ads and his vision to Make America Great Again”, noted the Trump campaign press release.

Conducted by North Carolina-based Public Policy Polling, the poll showed Tuesday that the former secretary of state is three percent behind Carson who leads with 47 percent.

The latest Fox News national poll on the 2016 election finds that Donald Trump has the edge, as GOP primary voters by wide margins identify him as the best candidate on the economy, as well as the one most likely to beat presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Jeb Bush, second from left, is flanked by Mike Huckabee, left, Marco Rubio, center, Donald Trump, second from right, and Ben Carson during the CNBC Republican presidential debate at the University of Colorado, Wednesday, October 28, 2015, in Boulder, Colo.

When pitted against Trump, Clinton would be able to achieve a 50 percent score versus the billionaire’s 42 percent. While he remains on top in many opinion surveys, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has surged past him in others.

It was only last month – when Trump led all the polls – that the real estate mogul said he could see Carson as a possible running-mate.

In a new set of promos for the show, Trump manages to do a few political due diligence, abide by FCC rules and even do a few of his signature bragging. Bernie Sanders, 55 percent to 37 percent, while former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley got 3 percent.

Interestingly, Carson has also picked up numbers among women voters, with 45 percent for Carson and 44 percent for Clinton among women polled.

Cruz is also not the primary second-choice candidate for GOP voters – only 10% of Republican voters said they would pick the Texas senator if their top choice were not in the race.

Trump’s response? “I’m just shopping around”. It has an error estimate of plus or minus 3 percentage points for the statewide sample and 2.5 points for the national sample.