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Donald Trump has dropped 9 points in a national poll following his loss in the Iowa caucuses according to a new survey that will be released Thursday, Business Insider reported. Trump still takes the first spot but received only 25 percent of the vote from Republican primary voters, according to a Public Policy Polling survey.Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio both received 21 percent of the vote, putting them in second place. Ben Carson took 11 percent.In a previous Public Policy Polling national survey released in December, Trump held a double-digit lead with 34 percent of the vote. His closest competitor, Cruz,...

A new national survey just released by Public Policy Polling shows that although Donald Trump is still the national frontrunner, he's lost significant support among the GOP field since coming in at second place in Iowa Monday.  Trump nosedives in @ppppolls national survey: Trump 25 (-9)Rubio 21 (+8)Cruz 21 (+3)https://t.co/pk73CmpSsn— Brett LoGiurato (@BrettLoGiurato) February 4, 2016 According to the survey, Trump has dropped to 25 percent among Republican primary voters, down nine points from December. Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are tied nationally at 21 percent and the rest of the field, with the exception of Dr. Ben Caron...