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Iowa GOP expects record turnout

Top Republican strategists are almost universally predicting a record-setting turnout at the 2016 Iowa caucuses, but there’s widespread disagreement between them over just how big turnout will be – and whether it will be high enough to lift political outsiders like Donald Trump or Ben Carson to victory.

A new WBUR poll in New Hampshire shows establishment outsiders Donald Trump and Ben Carson are still leading in the Republican primary race there, but some of the other candidates are making new headway.

Poll: Trump and Carson lead nationally, Bush fades

Donald Trump and Ben Carson have healthy leads over the rest of the Republican presidential field, while Marco Rubio is on the rise and Jeb Bush is fading, according to a new national survey.

A Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday found Trump taking 24 percent support, followed by Carson at 23 percent.

Lawrence Lessig’s bid for the presidency is no more.

The Harvard Law professor and internet pioneer launched his campaign just after Labor Day, and from the start, it was clear that to call his bid quixotic was to sell Cervantes’ protagonist short.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s victory in the second Republican presidential debate has made him the most important figure in the race. For the first time, there’s a candidate that conservatives and the establishment alike believe they can support.

USA TODAY GOP Power Rankings: Rubio reigns, Christie climbs

A good night on the debate stage has put Marco Rubio on top of our GOP Power Rankings for the first time, and it gave Chris Christie his first taste of the top tier.

Rubio’s numbers skyrocket in NH

Sen. Marco Rubio’s star turn in last Wednesday’s GOP presidential debate is already paying off, with a new poll showing his numbers rocketing upward in New Hampshire.

The Florida senator surged to third place, behind real estate mogul Donald Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, in the Monmouth University poll of the state’s likely Republican primary voters.