Ben Carson Rises in Fall

Published September 15, 2015 3:14pm ET



A new poll of the Republican presidential primary from the New York Times and CBS News shows consensus frontrunner Donald Trump making “modest” gains, from 24 percent at the beginning of August to 27 percent. But his closest rival for the nominatjon, Ben Carson, has seen a bigger jump in that time, from 6 percent in early August to 23 percent in the new poll.

That significant boost for Carson has been seen in other national polls and early state polls, where he’s rocketed to the second-place position. On Twitter, the boss suggests Carson’s better favorability means a change in the consensus may be in order:

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