US Presidential Polls GOP Latest 2015: Ben Carson and Donald Trump Run Neck and Neck in Latest NBC Republican Poll
It is a very close fight between Ben Carson and Donald Trump in the U.S. Republican presidential race, based on the results of a latest political poll.
The most recent survey by NBC News/Wall Street Journal showed that Donald Trump and Ben Carson are neck and neck among Republican presidential runners. Carly Fiorina and Marco Rubio both came in third, according to CNBC.
Among the Republican primary voters, 21 percent said Trump is their first choice as president, with Carson following closely behind at 20 percent. Rubio and Fiorina each got 11 percent. Jeb Bush came next with 7 percent, with John Kasich and Ted Cruz trailing behind with 6 percent and 5 percent respectively. The rest of the Republican candidates did not get more than 3 percent, Fox 17 reports.
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In July, the NBC/WSJ poll showed Trump still leading with 19 percent, while Scott Walker, who dropped out of the race last Monday, came second with 15 percent. Bush got the third place with 14 percent and Carson got the fourth with 10 percent. Rubio caught up at 5 percent, but Fiorina did not register.
For the Democrats, Hillary Clinton's 34-point lead over Bernie Sanders in July has now dropped to just seven points when Joe Biden is included in the race. However, her lead is 15 points when the U.S. vice president is not included. Clinton's lead has plunged a long way from her 60-point lead in June, the report relays.
Among primary voters, 42 percent selected Hillary Clinton their first choice for president, while Sanders came next at 35 percent. Biden, on the other hand, is third at 17 percent. The rest of the Democratic presidential candidates got less than 1 percent.
The results of the poll suggest that Biden's participation in the 2016 presidential race would create a more noticeable dent in Clinton's popularity compared with Sanders, the report adds.
The latest NBC/WSJ survey was conducted from September 20 to 24 among 256 Democratic voters (with a margin of error of plus-minus 6.1 percentage points) and 230 Republican primary voters (with a margin error of plus-minus 6.5 percentage points).
