A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds Donald Trump and Ben Carson continue to broaden their appeal among Republican primary voters and have widened their lead over Jeb Bush and many other more-experienced candidates.
Trump leads with 25%, followed by Carson at 22%, Marco Rubio at 13%, Ted Cruz at 9%, Jeb Bush at 8% and Carly Fiorina at 7%. No other candidate gets more than 3% support.
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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.