A new Fox News national poll says Trump’s support has slipped a bit over the last six weeks, but that he has held onto his big lead over his closest rival, Sen. Ted Cruz.
Trump win 34 percent of Republican primary voters, down one point from early January and down five points from mid-December, according to the poll released Friday.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz remained comfortably in second place, holding on to Jan. 7’s figure of 20 percent, though the Washington Examiner’s presidential power rankings scored him first place and placed Trump behind him.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and neurosurgeon Ben Carson both dropped a couple points since the last poll’s findings. Rubio dipped from 13 percent to 11 percent and Carson went from 10 percent to 8 percent.
The top four candidates took in nearly three-quarters of support from Republicans, leaving the final quarter to be divided up between the remaining eight candidates.
“One of the most notable things about the race is that none of the lower tier candidates has been able to get any oxygen,” said Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who along with Democratic pollster Chris Anderson conducted the poll.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Ohio Gov. John Kasich both received 4 percent of respondents’ support. Kasich has doubled his favorability in the past two weeks.
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie, Ky. Sen. Rand Paul and former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee each received 2 to 3 percent. Carly Fiorina dropped from 3 percent in early January to 1 percent. Former Va. Gov. Jim Gilmore moved from last place to 11th, jumping from 0 to 1 percent, surpassing former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who won the Iowa primary in 2012.
