COLUMBIA, South Carolina (PNN) - February 12, 2016 - Donald Trump has more than double the voter support of any other Republican White House hopeful nationwide, according to a new poll.
Four in 10 Amerikans are backing the real estate mogul's campaign after his victory in the New Hampshire primary last Tuesday, according to a Morning Consult survey released Friday. Trump earns 44% support from registered Republican and Republican-leaning Independent voters. Senator Ted Cruz (Tex.) comes in a distant second, with 17%.
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Senator Marco Rubio (Fla.) are in third, with 10% each.
Trailing them are former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, with 8%, and Ohio Governor John Kasich, with 4%.
Six percent “don’t know” or have “no opinion” on which GOP candidate they support; 1% prefer “someone else”.
Trump is also viewed favorably by more than 6 in 10 of his Party’s voters, pollsters found. He has a 67% favorability rating; Rubio's is 62%, and Cruz's is 61%.
Friday’s results found that Trump’s support has risen 6 points since his win in New Hampshire.
Trump earned 38% before Tuesday night’s vote. Cruz’s 17% remains unchanged since Morning Consult's last poll, and Rubio is down 5 points.
Morning Consult conducted its latest poll of 710 Republican and Republican-leaning Independent voters nationwide Feb. 10-11. It has a 3.7 percentage point margin of error.
