Billionaire businessman Donald Trump extended his lead in the first prominent post-debate poll released by NBC News Sunday.
Post debate NBC poll:
Trump 29%
Carson 14%
Carly 11%
Jeb 8%
Cruz 7%
Rubio 7%
Rand 3%
Christie 3%
Walker 3%
Kasich 2%
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Trump was also viewed as “most presidential” among the GOP candidates.
NBC News reported:
More than a third of Republican voters say that Carly Fiorina performed best in the Wednesday night debate on CNN. But debate performances don’t translate into vote preference overnight, and Donald Trump maintains his position at the top of the Republican pack, according to the latest NBC News online survey conducted by SurveyMonkey from Wednesday through Friday.
When the candidates’ negative performance percentages are subtracted from their positive percentages, Fiorina emerges the clear winner, with a positive 34, whereas Trump nets a positive 2 among Republican voters who watched or followed the debate coverage. Marco Rubio and Ben Carson also received positive reviews from Republican voters who followed the debate, with net scores of 8 and 5. Rand Paul fared poorly, scoring a negative 13.
