Donald Trump retains commanding lead in Republican presidential race, 18 pts ahead of GOP field, 24 pts ahead of Jeb Bush-Morning Consult Poll, Oct. 2-5, 2015

Trump 31
Carson 13
Rubio 10
Bush 7
Fiorina 6 
Cruz 5
Christie 4
Kasich 4
Paul 3
Huckabee 2

Oct. 2-5 poll. 807 self-identified Republicans and R-leaning independents, 3.45 margin of error.

10/6/15, "Poll: Rubio Surpasses Bush, Trump Still On Top," Morning Consult Poll, Reid Wilson

"Real estate mogul Donald Trump retains his commanding lead in the race for the Republican presidential race, a new poll finds, even though many voters say they view the bombastic billionaire in an unfavorable light. Trump takes 31 percent of the vote in the new Morning Consult poll [p. 14], easily outpacing retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson’s 13 percent. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) finishes in third place, at 10 percent, followed by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), at 7 percent.

The survey marks the first time Rubio draws more support than Bush.....

Former Hewlett-Packard executive Carly Fiorina...sits in fifth place, with 6 percent, just ahead of Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) 5 percent. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) and Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) are tied at 4 percent, followed by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) at 3 percent....

The Morning Consult tracking poll surveyed 1,983 registered voters between October 2-5, for a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. A subsample of 807 self-identified Republicans and Republican-leaning independents carried a margin of error of plus or minus 3.45 percentage points. The subsample of 827 self-identified Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents carried an identical margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points." image from Morning Consult poll

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GOP candidates v Hillary Clinton:

p. 16, "If the 2016 presidential election were held today and the candidates were"...,whom would you choose?

Trump 43
Clinton 41 

p. 15, Bush 42, Clinton 40
p. 16, Carson 44, Clinton 38
p. 16, Clinton 43, Rubio 39
p. 16, Fiorina 40, Clinton 40
p. 16, Clinton 42, Paul 37
 

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