"Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz leads Donald Trump by 2 points in a national NBC
News/Wall Street Journal poll released Wednesday.
The Texas senator has 28 percent support in the poll, with Trump at 26 percent. Marco Rubio follows, with 17 percent in the poll, which was conducted after Saturday's GOP debate.
The Texas senator has 28 percent support in the poll, with Trump at 26 percent. Marco Rubio follows, with 17 percent in the poll, which was conducted after Saturday's GOP debate.
Cruz also leads Trump by 16 points in a head-to-head match-up.
The NBC/Wall Street Journal poll was conducted Feb. 14–16 after last Saturday's debate in South Carolina, where Trump attacked former President George W. Bush over the Iraq War and the 9/11 attacks.
It could suggest Trump's attacks backfired on him. The former president remains popular among many Republicans, and he has been campaigning with his brother Jeb in the Palmetto State.
John Kasich is in fourth place, with 11 percent, and Ben Carson is close behind, with 10 percent, according to the poll.
The poll found Rubio to be the most palatable candidate to GOP voters, with 70 percent saying they could see themselves supporting him.
Cruz came in second in that category, with 65 percent. Carson came in third, with 62 percent, and Trump followed, with 56 percent. Both Kasich and Bush were under 50 percent." TheHill
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