Posted on 09/15/2015 6:54:50 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Retired pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson has pulled to within 4 points of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump, a new poll shows.
In the New York Times/CBS News survey released Tuesday, Trump maintains the lead of the presidential pack, with 27 percent support. But Carson is within striking distance, at 23 percent, which is within the margin of error, making it a statistical dead heat.Carson's rise compared with his polling at 6 percent support in the pre-Aug. 6 debate Times/CBS News survey; Trump was at 24 percent in that earlier poll, showing Carson's gains the most significant in that time frame, the poll shows.
Far behind the leaders were former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, all tied for third place with 6 percent.
Bush's support, however, has plummeted from the 13 percent he got in the August Times/CBS News survey – while Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker finished with just 2 percent, down from his previous 10 percent support.
The declines in support for Bush and Walker were the largest in the survey, the poll shows.
In other findings: Carson drew more support from college graduates than Trump, while men, evangelical voters and those without a college education were more likely to favor Trump. Carson is the only candidate to whom Trump would lose a theoretical head-to-head matchup.
The poll's release comes a day before the second Republican presidential debate in California, where Trump will retain center-stage, but Carson will be afforded a bigger spotlight.
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I doubt I will support either in the primary. Right now, I like Scott Walker or Ted Cruz. Just my opinion, but I think Trump is a total fraud. I like tweaking the Trumpsters. That stated, if Trump is the nominee, I will vote for him.
That's the plan. I'm not believing the numbers but that it's more lies from the WH.
Look....Trump is a smart guy!!! He has been beaten every which way but loose during his career!!! He’s an experienced street fighter...that knows when to duck and when to throw a punch. In any street fight....I’ll bet on him!!!
Carly Fiorina knows she is not going to win the nomination for POTUS....she sees that Ben Carson is the real “Judas” sent in by the mainstream media and the GOP establishment RINOs to murder Trump!!! Trump sees it....too!!! So...she has cleverly made her ad.....and, instead of attacking Trump, she attacks the entire Democrat Party relative their bogus woman crusade!!! Why? She thinks she makes a better VP candidate for Donald Trump then Ted Cruz....and, maybe she does,...because Carson is now out-of-the-picture. She becomes Trump’s VP candidate and Ted Cruz get the plum of being appointed Attorney General.
Stay tuned.....this should be interesting. As for Hugh Hewiit...he shot himself in the foot by doing dirty to Trump!!! Trump will destroy & squash Hewiit, like the fly-on-the-wall, that he is!!! Donald Trump.....be cool, with eyes and ears open....this game of stabbing you in the back is like the book and movie “DUNE” with multi-plots from different factions. The GOP Establishment RINO low life knows it fighting for it’s political life...Bush, Walker, Christie, Jindal, Pataki, Gilmore, Graham, &, yes, even Perry have failed them...they are going for the Trump jugular....so be forewarned. Beware, also of Romney and McCain. You can topple these morons, a number of different ways!!!
”Oh, he’s religious—and such a nice man, too.”
Yup.
Showing zero point zero zero situational awareness.
Might as well be living in 1956.
I aint buying this....something just isnt right.
Oh come on now. We voted in a Cowboy Soldier Film Actor, Fast talking Womanizer, a Peanut Farmer from Plains, Georgia, and a Community Organizer, and an bankrupt owner of a National Sports team.. A NeuroSurgeon, probably as sharp as Benjamin Rush.
I have a feeling they're next going to try to "poll" Trump's popularity down.
After watching the Trump speech from Dallas Reunion arena last night I'd bet "statistical deadheat" is fabricated news... or a contrived poll for obvious reasons.
Trump is actually picking up momentum.
You are absolutely CORRECT.
Anybody with common sense knows if you're going to send someone into the "den of snakes & thieves", then it better be someone who is prepared to know what he's up against from the git go.
Trump is the MAN for that job.
Your question might have some meaning if Trump were not a showbiz pitchman who will spin on a dime and take virtually any position to sell his medicine.
ShamWow, anybody?
Trump has been criticizing lopsided trade deals that disadvantage the US since at least 2011.
Since at least 1988.
Thanks for that link. Much appreciated.
Rush was talking about this today. We have 2 camps on Trump and conservatism. I am in the camp that believes we need the strongest man possible to fix this mess. It isn’t about conservatism or what he did in the past. This calls for someone to resurrect this country out of of the ashes.. and before Trump came on the stage, I didn’t think there was anyone who could fix anything the left and obama has done.
For the first time since 2008, I have some hope. I like some of the other candidates... from afar.. but they are not up to the job of taking on the left and the media. We have seen a club/cartel come forth that I did not know existed.. They are hell bent on keeping their power... and they will stop at nothing if they see a sign of weakness.. a sign of giving in... they will pounce like a lion. We need a fighter... a real man who knows how to do this. If Trump can’t... who can.
We can’t take any more giving in... crossing the aisle... voting like a democrat... we can’t take any more of this!!
Anti Trump people think we just need another Republican in there... someone who is a ‘conservative’. We’ve been down that route before. I guess if Trump sounds too good to be true.. he must be lying and pretending. He can’t be telling the truth... who tells the truth any more.
That seems to be the supposition that I hear.
What we need.... We need a fire in the belly, fighter, who isn’t afraid.. and it doesn’t matter what he did before. Just get in there and FIX this mess... take on the left.. the congress.. the media.. and get this turned around! Get those jobs back... get this country back on track... get our military back up to par.. take care of the people instead of the illegals... put the flag back up... get the schools back up to par... build that fence.. put pride back into our land... put fear back into our enemies... and trust back into our friends/allies. Put order back into the world... be a leader again...
Or we are going to hell in a hurry and there will be no return.
>> Trump has been criticizing lopsided trade deals that disadvantage the US since at least 2011 <<
Big deal. I’ve been against Trump-style mercantilism since 1962, when I first studied the works of Adam Smith, David Ricardo and Milton Friedman.
>> it doesn’t matter what [DT] did before <<
Sure. A man’s previous actions are never a guide to his character, trustworthiness and political morality. Gimme a break.
See post 149.
>> See post 149 <<
If whoever wrote that post thinks he’s smarter than Adam Smith, Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell, then please tell him that he and I have nothing to discuss.
Whoever wrote that post posed some good questions. I can see why you wouldn’t want to answer them.
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