CNN Poll: Trump Drops 8 Points, Fiorina Jumps to No. 2

newsmax ^ | Sunday, 20 Sep 2015 | Greg Richter

[TaxPayer2000]

Here are the poll's complete numbers:

Donald Trump 24%
Carly Fiorina 15%
Ben Carson 14%
Marco Rubio 11%
Jeb Bush 9%
Ted Cruz 6%
Mike Huckabee 6%
Rand Paul 4%
Chris Christie 3%
John Kasich 2%
Rick Santorum 1%
Jim Gilmore less than 1%
Bobby Jindal less than 1%
Goerge Pataki less than 1%
Scott Walker less than 1%

Appearing Sunday on CNN's " State of the Union," where the poll was first announced, Trump admitted to being surprised.

"Other polls have come out where I picked up after the debate," he said. "I'm in first place in every poll, but gained substantially in a couple of them. So I'm a little surprised but, you know, it's a poll."

The election, he said, is the only poll that matters.

The poll did show voters like Trump on issues.

About 44 percent said they think Trump could best handle the economy. Fiorina follows at 11 percent, Rubio at 10 and Bush at 8.

He also is strongest on immgration. Forty-seven percent of GOP voters think he could best handle the issue, with Rubio following at 15 and Bush at 9.

[Stentor]

Makes me want to whinny.

[itsahoot]

[SamAdams76]

Never mind the pecking order of the top three, the most significant thing here is that almost every recent poll shows that over 50% of the people are favoring a presidential candidate that has never before held political office.

This is truly historic. In a field of 16 candidates, the three who have had zero political experience are consistently combining for more than half the vote. The 13 establishment politicians can't get out of single digits.

[Georgia Girl 2]

The NBC poll just out today shows Trump at 29% more than double Carson and Fiorina at 11% so I think Donald has little to worry about at the moment.

[topfile]

The MSM has been working double-time to make this happen. It'll be short lived however.

Carly simply can't carry the ball.

[Rodney Dangerfield]

The Trump takedown failed.

The voters still want a candidate that isn’t a politician.

The one with the best chance is Trump.

[Rodney Dangerfield]

Is the media really going to try to prop up Karl E. until the Primaries?
Good luck.

[longtermmemmory]

The fact that he is very solid above 20% means the GOPe has to cut some insiders to divert votes to either jeb or Fiorina as the desired insiders.

Make no mistake. Fiorina is an establishment candidate.

It is all moot, the establishment have anointed Biden.

[entropy12]

What? Trump is leading by 18 points over FioRino?

How can it be, did'nt she won the debate??