Ben Carson tops Trump in 2016 Iowa race: polls

October 24, 2015 03:18

Political neophyte Ben Carson has surged past front-running billionaire tycoon Donald Trump to lead the 2016 Republican presidential nomination race in early-voting Iowa, fresh polling showed today.

Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon and the only African-American candidate in the campaign, claims 28 per cent support from likely voters in the Republican Iowa caucus, compared to 19 per cent for Trump, according to a Bloomberg/Des Moines Register poll.

Senator Ted Cruz was third with 10 per cent and Senator Marco Rubio was fourth at nine per cent.

Jeb Bush, a former governor of Florida who was the early frontrunner only to slip into the middle of the pack, is tied for fifth at five per cent.

Carson enjoyed a 10-point gain from the previous poll, in late August, while Trump slid four points.

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