Trump Dominating Republican Field

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Donald Trump is far ahead of his closest challenged for the Republican presidential nomination, according to the latest CNN/ORC poll.

Trump has 36% of registered Republicans in his camp, versus 16% for Sen. Ted Cruz, who has topped former strong number two Ben Carson, who has slipped to 14%.

Sen. Marco Rubio is fourth at 12%. No other candidate is in double digits, or even close, all below 4%--Jeb Bush is at 3%.

The candidates will have one more debate opportunity this year to boost their numbers, a Dec. 15 CNN/Salem Radio debate.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.