Trump Opens Huge Lead on Jeb Bush in New Reuters Poll

By Published on July 30, 2015

Some Republicans gleefully scripted Donald Trump’s political obituary in the wake of his scathing comments about Sen. John McCain’s military service earlier this month, hoping that his freewheeling presidential campaign had finally imploded.

Predictions of his demise were apparently premature. Instead, Trump is gaining momentum ahead of next week’s first Republican debate, a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll shows.

The poll shows Trump with his greatest support yet nationally, as nearly a quarter of Republicans surveyed said he would be their choice as the party’s presidential nominee in 2016. He has opened up a double-digit lead over his closest rival, former Florida governor Jeb Bush, who trails at 12 percent.

“I’m proud to be in first place by such a wide margin in another national poll,” Trump said in a statement to Reuters.

Read the article “Trump Opens Huge Lead on Jeb Bush in New Reuters Poll” on reuters.com.

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