IOWA: Carson Widens Lead To 14 Points In New Poll

More bad news for Donald Trump:

Ben Carson has overtaken Donald Trump in Iowa, surging to a 14-point lead, according to a new poll. A Monmouth University survey released on Monday found Carson taking 32 percent support in Iowa, followed by Trump at 18 percent. That’s a 9-point gain for Carson from the same poll in late August, while Trump has fallen five points in that time. The poll found Carson with the best favorability rating in the field, with an astounding 84 percent of Iowa Republicans having a positive view of him, compared to only 7 percent who view him negatively. Trump’s favorability rating is at 53 percent positive and 38 percent negative. His favorability rating is essentially unchanged from late August, although the percentage of those who view him unfavorably has increased by 5 points in that time.

When last week’s Des Moines Register poll came out, Trump melted down, calling them a “crummy, third-rate newspaper.”