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Ben Carson has highest net favorability in 2016 GOP field; Donald Trump’s numbers jump up: Gallup
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has the highest net favorability of the 17 major GOP candidates running for president in 2016 among Republicans, with rival Donald Trump seeing the biggest increase over the past few weeks, according to survey results released Friday.
Read More >>Poll: Carson tops Trump in head-to-head GOP matchup
Donald Trump dominates the new Monmouth national poll of the Republican presidential race — in every category except one.
Trump leads the horse race, with 30 percent, to Ben Carson’s 18 percent, with Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz tied for third at 8 percent.
Read More >>Insiders: Scott Walker the biggest loser of the summer
It’s been a cruel summer for Scott Walker and Martin O’Malley.
That’s the assessment of this week’s POLITICO Caucus, our weekly bipartisan survey of the top activists, operatives and strategists in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Read More >>Pro-Walker super PAC to spend $9 million on ads in South Carolina, New Hampshire and Nevada
The super PAC supporting Scott Walker’s run for the White House plans to spend another $9.25 million on ads in early primary states in the coming months to introduce more voters to the Republican governor of Wisconsin — and, it hopes, help him regain his status as a top-tier contender.
Read More >>Three strategies for Trump’s GOP rivals
Donald Trump has built a bigger, more enduring lead in the polls than nearly anyone expected. He’s also upended the race for the Republican presidential nomination in another way: almost all the other candidates can be defined by their reactions to Trump.
Read More >>Can Trump’s Fellow Outsiders Top Him?
Businessman Donald Trump’s rise to the top of the polls is surprising to many, but there is recent precedent for an outsider to take the early lead well before the first caucus or primary. Former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain led the Republican field for most of October 2011 and held that lead through early November before fading and ultimately dropping out. History suggests there is an interest among Republicans in supporting a nontraditional candidate without the normal experience of ... Read More >>
Carson ties Trump at the top in Iowa poll
Ben Carson and Donald Trump are tied at the top of the Republican field in a new survey of likely Iowa caucus-goers with 23 percent each, according to the results of a Monmouth University poll released Monday.
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