2016 Presidential Polls: GOP Establishment Candidates Losing Ground
Three Republican candidates have been found to be falling behind, according to new data from the latest Fox News poll.
Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Scott Walker, considered to be GOP establishment favorites, have been falling behind, according to numbers in a Fox News poll conducted between Aug. 11 to 13.
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush dropped to fourth place with a nine percent decrease, a 15 percent drop from his previous second place slot just prior to the first GOP Presidential debate, he was at second place.
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Walker, a former Wisconsin governor is down nine percent this month, where he is tied for fifth with former Arkansas governor, Mike Huckabee. He has also dropped to third in socially conservative Iowa, supposedly his ideal demographic.
Florida senator, Rubio meanwhile, has dropped to the ninth place, down five percent from his previous standing.
Bush and Bush are followed by former Hewlett Packard CEO Cary Fiorina at five percent, Ohio Representative John Kasich at four percent, Rubio, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul.
Surprisingly, real estate magnate and reality television personality, Donald Trump has continued to lead the race with 25 percent national support. His recent surge in the polls is pointed out as the reason Walker is falling in Iowa, despite his next-to-home-state advantage.
Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, is in second place to Trump with a 12 percent standing, and Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who is frequently at odds with his fellow GOP congressional leaders, has taken third place at 10 percent.
On the other end of the race, Democratic candidate Senator Bernie Sanders eased out State Secretary Hillary Clinton at the Iowa State Fair poll over the weekend, winning over 47.5 percent of Democratic voters as opposed to Clinton's 47.17 percent following.
