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The real-estate magnate is leading Cruz, 34% to 20%, among Republican primary voters. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, the only other candidate with double-digit support, is in third place with 11% of the vote. He's followed by retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who received 8%, with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Ohio Gov. John Kasich tied for fifth with 4%. 

Rounding out the field is New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (3%), Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (2%), former Hewlett-Packard executive Carly Fiorina and former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore (1%), with former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum receiving less than .5%.

The poll was conducted by telephone with live interviewers from January 18 to 21 and featured a random national sample of 1,009 registered voters. Results based on the full sample have a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points, and 4.5 points for the Republican primary voter sample (405 voters).