Trump Expands His National Lead

A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds Donald Trump has more than doubled his national lead in the Republican presidential raceto 33%, followed by Ted Cruz at 20%, Marco Rubio at 13%, Ben Carson at 12%, Chris Christie at 5% and Jeb Bush at 5%. No other candidate gets more than 3%.

Trump’s 13-point lead over Cruz is an increase of from last month, when he held a five-point advantage over the Texas senator, 27% to 22%.

A new Morning Consult survey finds Trump at 42%, Carson at 12%, Cruz at 10%, Rubio at 9% and Bush at 5%.