“Poll: Donald Trump surges to 32% support”

Washington D.C. - Trump has become the first Republican presidential candidate to top 30% support in the race for the Republican nomination, according to the latest CNN/ORC Poll (Wednesday), which finds the businessman pulling well away from the rest of the GOP (Grand Old Party = Republican) field. Trump gained 8 points since August to land at 32% support, and has nearly tripled his support since just after he launched his campaign in June. The new poll finds former neurosurgeon Ben Carson in second place with 19%. Together, these two non- politicians now hold the support of a majority of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, and separately, both are significantly ahead of all other competitors. Trump's gains come most notably among two groups that had proven challenging for him in the early stages of his campaign -- women and those with college degrees. Overall most Republican voters do (51%) believe that Trump is most likely to emerge as the GOP winner. The CNN/ORC Poll was conducted by telephone September 4-8 among a random national sample of 1,012 adults.

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