For months, Donald Trump has been the frontrunner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Not anymore.
According to a new CBS News/New York Times national poll released Tuesday, Ben Carson leads Trump 26 percent to 22 percent among likely Republican voters, though Carson’s four-point lead is within the survey’s margin of error.
The latest numbers show just how much the retired neurosurgeon is surging. In August, the same poll found just 6 percent support for Carson’s candidacy. In two months, support for him has more than quadrupled, the new poll found.