It may be time for panic inside Carly Fiorina’s campaign.
Just four percent of Republican or Republican-leaning voters say they would cast their votes for Fiorina in a primary election, down from 15 percent in September, according to a new national CNN/ORC poll released Tuesday.
In Monday’s NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, Fiorina had another poor showing, finishing in sixth place with just seven percent of support from Republicans nationwide.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump continues to lead the field with 27 percent in the CNN poll, and Ben Carson is up eight percent from last month’s poll at 22 percent.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio both took eight percent, followed by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul at five percent. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Fiorina all each pulled in four percent, while Ohio Gov. John Kasich garnered three percent, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum won two percent, and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham had just 1 percent.
The new poll will help solidify who will be part of next week’s CNBC Republican debate. Huckabee, Paul, Christie and Kasich are all at three percent or above in an average of qualifying public polls, and the cutoff is 2.5 percent to participate in the main GOP debate.
Graham, who was at zero percent in each of the first seven national polls, may now have enough support for the undercard debate, where he will join Santorum, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former New York GOv. George Pataki. Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore (zero percent) still fails to qualify for the debate.
The CNN/ORC telephone poll of 465 registered Republicans and independent voters leaning Republican was conducted Oct. 14-17 with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
