For the first time
in months, a national poll shows Donald Trump is not leading the Republican
2016 primary race, and instead has Ben Carson in first place.
Carson won the
support of 26% of Republican primary voters, compared to 22% who are backing
Trump, according to CBS News/New York Times. Though within the poll's margin of
error, it marks the first time since the billionaire businessman's dominant
rise over the summer where he has been bumped from the top spot nationally.
The new numbers also
represent a reversal from the last CBS/New York Times poll, taken more than a
month ago, which saw Trump leading Carson 27%-23%.
Carson and Trump
have been running consistently neck-and-neck since the start of September --
with other candidates struggling to keep pace.
The switch in the
lead comes as Carson has taken a clear lead in the Iowa race, beating Trump in
some polls by double-digits. Trump told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Tuesday
morning "I don't get it."
CBS/New York Times
pollsters found Carson outpacing Trump among women and evangelicals and running
even with him among men. Trump performed better with moderate Republicans and
voters without college degrees.
No other candidate
cracked double-digit support in the latest poll. Marco Rubio won 8% support,
Jeb Bush and Carly Fiorina tied for fourth place with 7 percent and Mike
Huckabee, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and John Kasich each got 4%.
The poll does
carry an important caveat, however: 70% of respondents said they had not
settled on a choice yet. Trump's supporters, however, are more locked in with
their support.
The most recent
CBS/New York Times poll surveyed 575 Republican primary voters and carries a
6-percentage-point margin of error.
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