Trump’s support has held steady during the past month; 32 percent of Republican and GOP-leaning voters back him, compared with 33 percent in early September. The numbers suggest that mixed reviews of his performance in the second Republican debate in California did little to dampen the enthusiasm of his supporters. Carson, meanwhile, has ticked up from 20 percent to 22 percent.
The only other Republican in double digits among registered Republicans and Republican-leaning independents is Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, at 10 percent. That represents a three-point increase in a month, within the poll’s six-point margin of sampling error.
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush runs fourth at 7 percent, followed by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas at 6 percent and former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina at 5 percent. No one else registers above 3 percent among Republican-leaning voters.
True, but that new CBS poll out this morning has me a little worried. Don’t know if the polls are rigged or if Trump is losing some support...
[Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas at 6 percent]
CRUZ is at 10 and rising steadily.