The latest NBC News/Survey Monkey national poll finds Donald Trump leads the GOP presidential field with 40% — a new high. He’s followed by Marco Rubio at 21%, Ted Cruz at 18%, Ben Carson at 8% and John Kasich at 7%.
In head-to-head match ups, Trump would beat Rubio, 52% to 46%, and top Cruz, 55% to 42%.
In the Democratic race, Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders, 51% to 41%.
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.