Donald Trump’s support drops by 12%: New poll
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s support has fallen by 12 points in less than a week, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.
The decline in Trump's popularity among Republicans is the biggest since he leapt to the top of the field in July, according to the poll released on Friday.
The rolling poll, which was conducted over a period of five days and ended on Nov. 27, shows that now he enjoys 31 percent of support compared to 43 percent he had based on another poll released on Nov. 22.
The new drop comes after his inflammatory comments about US Muslims following the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, which killed 130 people and wounded over 350.
Last week, he said that he would require American Muslims to register in a database in response to the Paris assaults.
Also, he has said that thousands of Arab Americans in New Jersey were cheering when the Twin Towers in New York City fell after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.
In addition, Trump mocked a New York Times reporter who has a congenital condition that affects joint movement.
In a speech in South Carolina on Tuesday, Trump cited a 2001 article by reporter Serge Kovaleski to defend his controversial claim about Arab Muslims in New Jersey.
He imitated the Kovaleski’s movements as he was challenging recollections by the reporter and many others about the 9/11 aftermath.
“Now the poor guy, you gotta see this guy: ‘Uhh, I don’t know what I said. I don’t remember.’ He’s going, ‘I don’t remember. Maybe that’s what I said,’ ” Trump said, flailing his arms as he imitated Kovaleski. “This was 14 years ago – they didn’t do a retraction.”
The new poll also shows that support for retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, another Republican presidential candidate, has dropped with only 15 percent of Republicans saying they would vote for him.
Other GOP presidential hopefuls, Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Texas Senator Ted Cruz, are tied for third place, with more than 8 percent each. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, another Republican candidate, has 7 percent of support.
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