Trump Leads Latest Poll by Large Margin
Donald Trump has his largest lead of the GOP presidential race, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. The celebrity businessman is now favored by 36 of registered Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. Trailing him are Ted Cruz, with 16, Ben Carson with 14 and Marco Rubio with 12 of GOP support. , Trump also has massive leads when it comes to how much voters trust candidates to handle specific issues. Fifty-five percent of voters trust him most to handle the economy. He's also preferred to handle the federal budget 51, illegal immigration 48, ISIS 46 and foreign policy 30. , Trump's rise came at the expense of Carson, Jeb Bush and Rand Paul, who all lost significant ground since CNN and ORC's October poll. Bush is now polling at 3 and Paul at 1. Among voters without a college degree, Trump's lead is especially strong, with a 46 share. Cruz leads among college-educated voters with a 22 share, followed by Carson, Rubio and then Trump. , According to CNN, Trump's 20-point lead is the largest he's had in any national live-interviewer telephone poll since he announced he was running for president. , CNN