Presidential Race Update: Ben Carson Surpasses Donald Trump in CBS/NYT Poll

By Charmaine Montes, Christian Post Contributor

Each day that passes by is a day closer to Election Day in the United States of America. The presidential race continues and things have started to heat up as reports say that Ben Carson has taken a narrow lead nationally in the Republican presidential campaign.

According to a report by CBS News, Carson bumps off Donald Trump from the top spot as he is now in the lead of Republican field for the race for the nomination in the latest national CBS News/New York Times Poll. This is the first time that Trump is not leading since the NYT and CBS News started measuring presidential preferences at the end of July.

Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, wins the spot against Trump by four percent as results showed that he is the choice of 26 percent of Republican primary voters. This result also indicated that the number of people who support Carson has quadrupled since August. Meanwhile, Trump, known for being a real estate developer and television personality, garnered only 22 percent support. But it is essential to take note that the difference may be a result of the margin of sampling error.

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Financial Review detailed that other Republican presidential candidates are far behind the two leads in the poll. Florida senator Marco Rubio placed third with an 8 percent followed by Florida Governor Jeb Bush and former CEO of Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina who tied at seven percent.

They are then followed by other candidates who gained four percent in the survey and that includes Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, former Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas and Governor John Kasich of Ohio. The last three in the poll list are Lindsey Graham, Chris Christie and Rick Santorum.

The survey was conducted last Oct. 21 to 25 via cellphones and landlines with a total of 575 Republican primary voters. But by looking at the survey results, it seems like many of the Republicans do not have a firm bet yet in the coming elections.

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