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On the Republican side in the latest Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll released on Saturday evening, Trump came in with 28 per cent support, up six per cent from early January.
He’s followed in the Republican field by Texas Senator, Ted Cruz, with 23 per cent, down two per cent from early January, and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio comes in third with 15 per cent, up three per cent from early January.
Former neurosurgeon, Ben Carson, received 10 per cent support and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul received five per cent all other Republican candidates received less than five per cent support.
There are reasons for Trump to feel secure at the top: his supporters are the most confident among the top three candidates, with 71 per cent saying they’ve decided, compared to 61 per cent for Cruz and 47 per cent for Rubio.
But there’s still some room for change. Rubio is climbing, and poll results show that he’s the top second choice pick of likely voters. And Cruz’s favorability rating has dropped by eleven points, to 65 per cent. Trump’s biggest weaknesses are his support for eminent domain, which worried 60 per cent of the respondents, and his previous support of abortion rights, which bothered 56 per cent of respondents.
-Guardian