Trump Retains Wide Lead Nationally

A new Economist/YouGov Poll shows Donald Trump maintaining a wide lead over the rest of the GOP field with 38%, followed by Ted Cruz at 19%, Marco Rubio at 14%, and Ben Carson at 7%. No other candidate gets more than 4% support.

Key finding: “Despite Cruz’s own claims of being an outsider in the Senate, a lot of Republican voters don’t buy it. By two to one (52% to 26%), voters say they prefer someone who is an outsider to one favored by the GOP establishment, and they are evenly divided in how to categorize Cruz.  On the other hand, it’s clear to most Republican voters that the term outsider accurately describes Trump.”