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At 27 percent, nationally Donald Trump maintains his frontrunner status among Republican primary voters, but Ben Carson is now closely behind him. Carson’s support has risen significantly since early August, when he polled at six percent. Carson is now at 23 percent, putting him in second place.

Trump Still Leads in Iowa, New Hampshire, but Support Slips

Donald Trump’s lead is diminishing in the states that hold the first two presidential nominating contests.

New Wall Street Journal/NBC News/Marist Poll surveys show Mr. Trump holding five-point leads over Ben Carson in Iowa and Carly Fiorina in New Hampshire.

Pollsters: Don’t trust us to winnow GOP field

Pollsters surveyed by POLITICO have a unanimous warning for the Republican National Committee and the TV networks who are using public-opinion surveys to exclude presidential candidates from debates: Don’t trust polls to detect often-tiny grades of opinion in a giant field.

How the GOP gets to the final four

With the Governors Club members Scott Walker and Rick Perry gone, the bloated Republican presidential field is showing the inevitable signs of radical shrinkage by year’s end, with donors’ reluctance to bet on long shots.

Iowa, the first state in the pres­id­en­tial-nom­in­a­tion pro­cess, is get­ting a second look from two New Hamp­shire-fo­cused GOP can­did­ates.

New Jer­sey Gov. Chris Christie and Ohio Gov. John Kasich have each spent more than three times as many days in New Hamp­shire this year, but Wis­con­sin Gov. Scott Walk­er’s un­ce­re­mo­ni­ous early exit from the pres­id­en­tial race has opened up Iowa—even to fel­low gov­ernors who have largely been con­cen­trat­ing on more mod­er­ate voters.

Poll: Carson ties Trump, Biden draws from Clinton

As Vice President Joe Biden considers a potential presidential campaign, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday shows a Biden candidacy would draw support away from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Third GOP debate sets off wave of anxiety

The uncertain terms of the next Republican debate are setting off a wave of anxiety among middle and bottom tier campaigns, with several lashing out at the Republican National Committee for failing to provide clarity on how many candidates will appear on stage.