NBC Poll: Trump Up Again, Holds 10-Point Lead After Debate

newsmax.com ^ | 8/9/15 | Greg Richter

[cotton1706]

Businessman Donald Trump remains the leader in the race for the GOP presidential nomination in the wake of the first debate, a new NBC/Survey Monkey poll shows.

Businesswoman Carly Fiorina, widely touted as the winner of the earlier "happy hour" debate of the lower-tiered candidates also got good news. She rose six points up to 8 percent – enough to put her in fourth place. If that trend continues in other polls she would earn a spot in the next GOP debate in September between the top 10 candidates.

The poll was conducted during a 24-hour period overnight Friday into Saturday morning while controversy raged over Trump's debate exchanges with Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly and his remarks about her later. That also was coupled with RedState chief Erick Erickson's decision to disinvite Trump to speak to the RedState Gathering on Saturday.

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Here's how all the candidates included fared:

Donald Trump, 23 percent (up 1 point)

Ted Cruz, 13 percent (up 7 points)

Ben Carson, 11 percent (up 3 points)

Carly Fiorina, 8 percent (up 6 points)

Marco Rubio, 8 percent (no change)

Jeb Bush, 7 percent (down 3 points)

Scott Walker, 7 percent (down 3 points)

Mike Huckabee, 5 percent (up 1 point) Rand Paul, 5 percent (down 1 point)

Rick Perry, 2 percent (no change)

John Kasich, 2 percent (down 1 point)

Lindsey Graham, 1 percent (no change)

Bobby Jindal, 1 percent (no change)

Chris Christie, 1 percent (down 2 points)

George Pataki, 0 percent (no change)

Rick Santorum, 0 percent (down 1 point)

[cotton1706]

Cruz up 7, Jeb down three.

Despite the Trump smokescreen, the electorate is moving in the right direction, much to the great disappointment of the Establishment.

They'll still push Jeb and Marco, and now Carly and John Huntsman, er Kasich, with their old buddy Huckabee playing the conservative foil.

[SamAdams76]

Would love to see ¿Jeb demoted to the children's table at next debate.

[jimbo123]

the electorate is moving in the right direction

Bingo!

[COBOL2Java]

Kelly: "Guys, Mr. Murdoch wants to see him in his office, stat!"

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Wallace: "It's all your damned fault, Megyn!"

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Kelly: "Oh, shut up, Chris!"

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Baier [thinking] "Why did I have to get stuck with these two idiots? No bonus this year!"

[Jim Robinson]

Go, Cruz, GO!!

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

LOL! Love that pic.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Amen.

[C. Edmund Wright]

Santuckabee not so good....neither Huckatorum....

[AU72]

Luntz will follow that Arab pollster I can’t recall into oblivion.

[austinaero]

Are you thinking of Zogby?

[PghBaldy]

Carly went up much more, relatively speaking, than Cruz in this questionable poll.

[AU72]

Zogby! Yeah, whatever happened to him?

[conservative98]

Lindsey Graham, 1 percent (no change)

Bobby Jindal, 1 percent (no change)

Chris Christie, 1 percent (down 2 points)

George Pataki, 0 percent (no change)

Rick Santorum, 0 percent (down 1 point)

Should drop out.

[freekitty]

I agree.

[conservative98]

Rick Perry, 2 percent (no change)

John Kasich, 2 percent (down 1 point)

also should drop out.

[smoothsailing]

LOL

[bray]

Luntz, Will, Kelly and Hume are deeply troubled.

Pray America is waking

[biggredd1]

somali scumbag arrested on hate crime charges
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/08/st-louis-cab-driver-arrested-after-putting-man-in-headlock-and-threatening-to-kill-him-because-he-was-white/

[Pikachu_Dad]

Join or Die.

[familyop]

Surveyed monkeys agree.