GOP Presidential front runner Donald Trump holds a large lead over his rivals in the latest poll from South Carolina.
Trump has double the support of his closest competitor, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz…
According to The Hill:
“Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump leads GOP field in South Carolina by 22 points ahead of the next GOP primary, according to a new poll. The CBS News “Battleground Tracker” poll released on Sunday morning shows Trump with 42 percent support.
He’s followed by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) with 20 percent support, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) with 15 percent support and Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R), who has seen a small surge after his second-place showing in New Hampshire, with 9 percent support.
Cruz wins a plurality of voters who describe themselves as “very conservative,” but trails Trump among conservatives overall and moderate Republicans.
The billionaire businessman is also bolstered by an anti-establishment sentiment in the Palmetto State, with respondents by a four-to-one margin describing the “establishment” as a bad thing…”
