WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Thirty-six percent of the Republican registered voters said they are likely to support Trump, the new CNN/ORC poll found. The next top contender, Senator Ted Cruz, gained 16 percent of votes, while 14 percent of people supported neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
In addition, 52 percent of Republicans and Independents, who lean Republican, said Trump has the best chance of winning the 2016 presidential election. Fifteen percent of the polled said Marco Rubio could win.
The next US presidential election is scheduled for November 8, 2016. US President Barack Obama said on December 2 that he was confident that the next leader of the country would be a Democrat.
