Trump trumped by neurosurgeon Carsen

October 27, 2015 22:32

For the first time in months, real estate tycoon Donald Trump '" who has been leading all national polls among the 17 Republican US presidential candidates '" has been knocked from the top spot by top neurosurgeon Ben Carson.

Carson, as per the latest national poll by CBS News / The New York Times leads Trump by four per cent. According to the poll released today Carson has support of 26 per cent of the Republican primary voters as against Trump's 22 per cent.

The rest of the Republican presidential candidates lag far behind in single digits. Marco Rubio is now in third place (eight per cent), followed by Jeb Bush (seven per cent) and Carly Fiorina (seven per cent).

All other candidates are at four percent or lower, a media release said. Indian-American Bobby Jindal's popularity has fallen below one per cent. Trump continues to lead in the national average with 26.8 per cent followed by 22 per cent of Carson.

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