CNN-ORC Poll: Trump Keeps Commanding Lead in SC

Donald Trump holds a commanding 16-point lead over his Republican primary rivals in South Carolina, a new CNN/ORC poll shows.

Here are the results, released Tuesday, of the survey of 1,006 Palmetto State voters, conducted between Wednesday and Monday: In other words, the poll was conducted after a highly raucous Saturday night debate in which Trump challenged the 9/11 legacy of the Bush administration. Many Republican observers said he had gone too far.

• Trump: 38 percent.
• Ted Cruz, 22 percent.
• Marco Rubio, 14 percent.
• Jeb Bush, 10 percent.
• Ben Carson, 6 percent.
• John Kasich, 4 percent.

The survey has a margin of error of 3 percent.

South Carolina holds its Republican primary on Saturday.

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