Donald Trump, the GOP frontrunner, hit the 40 percent marker in a recent Gravis Marketing poll. According to a report, this is the first time a candidate has reached above the 30 percent mark. Since the previous survey done by Gravis Marketing on July 31, Trump increased almost 10 points. Dr. Ben Carson increased 7 points and was named the winner in a Post GOP a href="http://www.peoplespunditdaily.com/polls/2015/08/07/post-gop- debate-poll-guess-who-won-the-republican-debate/">Debate Poll.
Trump, Carson, and Fiorina, three of the top five GOP presidential candidates, have never held office.
The Gravis results were as follows:
Donald Trump – 40.1%
Ben Carson – 13%
Jeb Bush – 10%
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)96% – 7 %
Carly Fiorina – 5.2%
John Kasich – 4.8%
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)80% – 4.7%
Mike Huckabee – 3.7%
Scott Walker – 3.5%
Rick Perry – 1.5%
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)93% – 1.5%
Chris Christie – 1.4%
George Pataki – 1.1%
Rick Santorum – 1%
Bobby Jindal – .9%
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)47% – .6%
The poll surveyed 3,567 voters randomly across the United States. It had a margin of error of plus or minus two percent and was conducted August 21-22.
