(Via CNN) Washington – Donald Trump has hit a new high in the race for the Republican nomination, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, with more than 4-in-10 Republican voters nationwide now saying they back the billionaire.
And more than two-thirds of Republicans say he’s the candidate most likely to capture their party’s presidential nomination.
Trump has topped the 40% mark for the first time in CNN/ORC polling, standing at 41%. That more than doubles the support of his nearest competitor, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who notches 19% support in the poll. No other candidate hit double-digits. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio landed at 8%, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson at 6%, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at 5%, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at 4%, and the rest at 3% or less.
Despite the new high-mark for Trump, the GOP race remains fairly stable compared with where it was in the most recent CNN/ORC poll in late December.
In addition, NBC conducted a poll of Iowa Voters and found a similar outcome with Donald Trump at 39% support and Ted Cruz at 17%.
Most notable in the NBC poll is the drop in evangelical support for Ted Cruz:
Thou Shall Not Bear False Witness !
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I think Glenn Beck did not help Mr. Cruz.
It's ignorance like this that will sink this nation. Who do you think Trump was before this election cycle? He was a billionaire behind the scenes! Every one of the heavy-hitters on both sides in Washington, DC (including Pelosi, Reid and Hillary) count Trump as a donor!!
I thought this election was supposed to be a rejection of the status quo!
Trump still growing his lead.
Cruz numbers on downward trend.
Good news - as always!!!
GOP Nominee
Trump - 46%
Rubio - 29%
Cruz - 11%
Bush - 10%
Presidency
Clinton - 49%
Trump - 18%
Rubio - 12%
Sanders - 8%
Bush - 4%
Cruz - 3.5%
Excellent numbers for Trump.
I’ve noticed a big upsurge in neocon attacks on Trump over the last few days as actual voting looms. Some of them have gone full-blown Hitler on Trump. Yes, Trump is the reincarnation of Hitler, just ask Beck, David Goldman, and others.
Of course most of these over the top attacks are coming from neo-cons and their toadies such as Beck, and open borders stooges (also like Beck.)
Their attacks smell of desperation and fear, and I expect even more such assaults to come, even all the way to election day if Trump wins the nomination.
These scumbags would rather have Hillary or Sanders, Beck has even said he’d vote for Hillary or Sanders over Trump.