Trump Leads With 30 Percent Support; Rubio Follows With 17 Percent
FEB. 5, 2016 – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump remains the party frontrunner in the state of New Hampshire ahead of Tuesday’s primary, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll.
Trump leads the Republican field with 30 percent support of likely party primary voters. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) follows with 17 percent, and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is in a close third place with 15 percent.
For extended analysis from the poll, see the story below and online: http://nbcnews.to/23N6O4R.
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Poll: Trump Holds Lead in New Hampshire as Rubio Gains Ground
By Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics)
Donald Trump continues to lead Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary after his second-place finish in Iowa, but Marco Rubio has gained ground on him, according to a new NBC/WSJ/Marist poll conducted after the Iowa results.
Trump gets support from 30 percent of likely Republican primary followers – followed by Rubio at 17 percent, Ted Cruz at 15 percent, John Kasich at 10 percent, Jeb Bush at 9 percent and Chris Christie at 4 percent.
Last week – before the results in Iowa, where Cruz finished first and Rubio third – Trump was at 31 percent, Cruz 12 percent, Rubio 11 percent, Kasich 11 percent, Bush 8 percent and Christie 7 percent.
The NBC/WSJ/Marist poll was conducted Feb. 2-3 of 653 likely Republican primary voters, which has a margin of error of plus-minus 3.8 percentage points.
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