http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/258639-poll-carson-reaches-statistical-tie-with-trump-nationwide
Ben Carson is now locked nationwide with Donald Trump in a statistical tie for the GOP’s 2016 presidential nomination, a new poll says.
Trump leads Carson by 2 points among Republicans nationwide, 29 percent to 27 percent, but the pair is well within the margin of error of 4.6 percent, according to the Reuters/Ipsos survey released Thursday.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush ranks third, with 9 percent voter support of his own.
Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.) and Ted Cruz (Texas) then respectively take fourth and fifth place in the Reuters/Ipsos poll. Rubio edges Cruz by a single point, sneaking past him with 6 percent to the Texas senator's 5 percent.
The results also found that Carson is the top pick for next year’s Republican presidential nomination when the options are narrowed to him, Bush and Trump.
Carson receives 40 percent from Republicans nationwide in that scenario.
The survey reports that most GOP voters are pessimistic about the nation’s future heading into 2016, with 83 percent believing the country is heading in the wrong direction.
A mere 10 percent said it is on the right course instead, while 7 percent said they did not know.
Reuters/Ipsos conducted its latest sampling of 584 Republicans aged 18 and older from Oct. 25-28. It has a 4.6 percent margin of error.
Carson additionally edged past Trump in a CBS News/New York Times poll earlier this week, taking first place from the real estate tycoon for the first time in months.
i'm just wondering how Trump is really taking this i mean he's not as liberal minded as all his love rhetoric suggest now here he is after 100 days riding high on the same stage as another Black guy although he is a token BINO. i think Trump made a deal with him when he saw him rising to be each others running mate but it might not turn out as he foresaw it being second banana to the new BINO president damn a cold chill just hit me. i have to becareful not to hurt myself ROFLMAO.
