A handful of new polls, released on the eve of voting in South Carolina, show Donald Trump remains in the driver’s seat, but with Senators Cruz and Rubio closing the gap.
The most recent poll, from the Augusta Chronicle, shows Trump with just a 3-point lead over new runner-up Rubio. Trump has 27 percent support, while Rubio is a close second with 24 percent.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who has long been in second place in South Carolina, is now third with 19 percent, says the Augusta Chronicle poll. Jeb Bush is fourth with 11 percent, followed by Ben Carson and John Kasich with 8 percent each.
A rival poll released earlier on Friday, from NBC News, showed Trump in a narrow lead, but with Cruz in second place, 28 to 23 percent. That NBC poll shows Rubio and Bush far back and battling a tight contest for third place, at 15 and 13 percent of likely Republican voters respectively.
On the other hand, a poll from Emerson College showed Trump dominating the field with a 15-point lead over Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, who were tied for second place. ...
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