Donald Trump Is Leading the Race, According to Poll

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Donald Trump isn’t going away, he’s actually winning, according to a new poll by CNN. It begs the question, what does this billionaire, custom-hat-loving, Internet cat meme of a presidential candidate have to say before people stop supporting him?

Since suggesting that John McCain, who spent five years as a prisoner in Vietnam being tortured in ways that left him disabled for the rest of his life, was not a real war hero, Trump’s support has gone up, according to the telephone poll.

Via CNN:

The new CNN/ORC Poll finds Trump at 18% support among Republicans, with former Florida governor Jeb Bush just behind at 15%, within the poll’s margin of error.

They are joined at the top of the pack by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, with 10% support among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who are registered to vote. Trump’s backing has climbed 6 points since a late-June poll, while support for Bush and Walker has not changed significantly.
Don’t read too far into this yet, though. Many wacky candidates have led in these extremely early polls in past presidential elections. But it does mean that some Republicans out there somewhere want the Trump man as their candidate.