Trump, Carson take nearly half of new poll

Donald Trump and Ben Carson combine for nearly half of the total GOP primary vote, according to a poll released by Fairleigh Dickinson University on Friday.

The poll finds Trump still in the lead with 26 percent support, followed closely by Carson with 22 percent support.

{mosads}The poll was conducted before Carson made his controversial comments about guns this week.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) finishes third in the poll with 8 percent support, followed by Carly Fiorina, another candidate with no elected office experience, who ties with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush for fourth in the poll with 7 percent support. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee finishes just outside of the top five with 6 percent.

The poll surveyed 305 Republicans from Oct. 1 – 5. The survey is the New Jersey-based university’s first national poll of the 2016 election cycle and comes with a relatively high margin of error, compared to other national polls, of 5.6 percent.

-Updated 5:08 p.m.