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Trump Nosedives In New National Poll

February 4, 2016 at 9:42 am EST By Taegan Goddard 74 Comments

A new Public Policy Polling national survey finds Donald Trump leading the GOP presidential field with 25%, followed by Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio both at 21% and Ben Carson at 11%.

Trump is down 9 points since the last survey while Rubio is up 8 points and Cruz is up 3 points.

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