Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster
If a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll is any indication, Donald Trump’s time at the top of may be nearing an end.
Trump, the longtime GOP front runner, has fallen behind Ted Cruz in the national poll of Republican primary voters. Cruz leads the field with 28 percent, followed by Trump at 26 percent. Marco Rubio is in third with 17 percent, followed by John Kasich at 11 percent and Ben Carson at 10 percent. Jeb Bush is at 4 percent.
The poll was conducted from Sunday through Tuesday, after Trump’s first place finish in New Hampshire and the South Carolina GOP debate Saturday. The NBC News/WSJ poll comes as several other polls show Trump continues to hold sizeable lead over his opponents.
In a head-to-head match-up between Trump and Cruz, 56 percent of Republicans said they would support Cruz, compared with 40 percent who picked Trump. Rubio defeats Trump in a similar match-up, 57 percent to 41 percent.
Trump comes out on top in head-to-head contests with Bush (54 percent picked Trump, while 43 percent picked Bush) and Kasich (52 percent said they would choose Trump compared to 44 percent who picked Kasich).
The NBC/WSJ poll surveyed 400 GOP primary voters, which has a margin of error of 4.9 percent.
