WASHINGTON – Bombastic real-estate mogul Donald Trump extends his lead in the 2016 Republican presidential nomination race, beating establishment candidates and anti-Washington renegades alike as he tops a new poll released Tuesday.
Trump, who has taken America’s political world by storm ever since announcing his White House campaign in June, leads with 24 percent support, well ahead of second-place Jeb Bush with 13 percent, according to a new national CNN/ORC poll.
Despite a broad field of 17 Republican candidates, Trump’s backing is five points higher than in the same poll three weeks ago, prior to the party’s much-watched first major debate earlier this month.
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson is third, with nine percent, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida are tied at fourth with eight percent, and Kentucky’s Senator Rand Paul is in sixth place with six percent.
— AFP
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