For the first time since July, Republican front-runner Donald Trump is no longer the front-runner, at least according to a just-released national poll from the New York Times/CBS. It’s Ben Carson in first at 26%, followed by Trump at 22%:
A brand new CBS News/N.Y. Times poll shows Ben Carson #1, leading Donald Trump among GOP primary voters nationwide https://t.co/4o5wPWDhfS
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 27, 2015
NYT/CBS News poll
GOP nationalCarson 26%
Trump 22
Rubio 8
Bush/Fiorina 7
Paul /Cruz/Huckabee/Kasich 4 https://t.co/ctOgfA6EqE— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/Ted_Newton/status/658988285067444228
Carson Erases Trump's National Lead In New Poll https://t.co/3k6uCNmsTM
— Mohammad Keshtkar (@k3shtk4r) October 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/NolteNC/status/658983692682055680
We’re seeing a lot of Trump supporters bashing the poll, but this might be a problem as Trump has been a fan of CBS polls in the past and talked up the network’s polling two days ago:
A big POLL will be announced this morning on @CBSNews Face The Nation. I wonder if I do well if the press will report the results? Doubt it
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 25, 2015
.@ByronYork Great numbers from @CBSNews Poll. Also from ABC-Washington Post Poll. Thank you! @CNN
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 25, 2015
Do you believe that @FoxNews is still playing up the old Iowa poll numbers and no mention of the ABCWashington Post or just out CBS results?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 25, 2015
Leaving for New Hampshire now. Will be doing the @TODAYshow there, live at 7:00 A.M. New @CBSNews Poll of New Hampshire: Trump 38 Carson 12!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 26, 2015
But we will point out that it’s still too early for Carson/Rubio/Bush/Fiorina/Cruz/everyone else to do a victory dance. Trump is still up by almost 5% in the RealClearPolitics national poll average:
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