Trump leads the new Iowa poll by 5 point over Scott Walker, but Jeb Bush took a nose dive from near the top of the pack 7th place. Carly is now tied for 5th place with Cruz at 7%.
SUFFOLK – With just six months until the Iowa caucuses, businessman Donald Trump (17 percent) leads the field of Republicans among likely GOP caucus voters, according to a poll from Suffolk University.
Meanwhile, a subset of voters who watched the Aug. 6 Republican debate said that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Dr. Ben Carson were the most impressive candidates.
The Suffolk University Iowa poll showed Gov. Scott Walker of neighboring Wisconsin second at 12 percent; Rubio, 10 percent; retired neurosurgeon Carson, 9 percent; and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and businesswoman Carly Fiorina tied at 7 percent.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush polled at 5 percent, followed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich (3 percent), while former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie were tied at 2 percent.
Six other candidates received 1 percent or less, while 20 percent of voters were undecided.
The statewide survey of 500 likely Iowa presidential caucus voters was conducted Aug. 7-10, 2015, using live telephone interviews of Republican primary voter households where respondents indicated they were very or somewhat likely to attend their local caucuses for president in six months. The margin of error is +/-4.4 percent at a 95 percent level of confidence.
Here it is in a more viewer friendly list:
Donald Trump: …17%
Scott Walker: …12%
Marco Rubio: …10%
Ben Carson: …9%
Ted Cruz: …7%
Carly Fiorina: …7%
Jeb Bush: …5%
John Kasich: …3%
Mike Huckabee: …2%
Rand Paul: …2%
Chris Christie: …2%