Donald Trump leads the Republican presidential poll and this time he is alone at the top and his rivals are far behind.
Based on the latest CNN/ORC poll conducted from Nov. 27 until Dec. 1 and released on Friday, Dec. 4, the real estate mogul earned the support of 36 percent of Republican voters, making it his widest lead and his greatest support ever since he first gave his announcement for candidacy, according to ABC News.
Surprisingly, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson is no longer behind Trump, as he falls to the third spot, giving his position to Texas' Sen. Ted Cruz, who made a huge jump of 12 points from his previous rating.
Cruz is now behind Trump by 20 points at 16 percent, while Carson now has 14 percent of the support. Sen. Marco Rubio is also Cruz's and Carson's rivals in the double-digit rating with 12 percent.
The rest of the candidates only have less than five percent support. Chris Christie has four percent; Jeb Bush further slides down by five points and now has three percent; Mike Huckabee and John Kasich both got two percent; and Rand Paul ended with only one percent.
The poll also revealed who among the candidates would be best to deal with different issues in the country.
Four out of 10 Republicans believe that Trump is the most effective candidate to deal with the many issues that the country faces. Majority also believe that Trump would be the best to handle terrorism and issues on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), as well as play the role of commander-in-chief.
Of the people surveyed, 52 percent of them think that Trump will likely win the general election come November 2016. This number is compared to Rubio's 15 percent, Cruz's 11 percent, and Carson's 10 percent.
Carson, who had been consistently trailing Trump closely, has fallen in the rankings. His decline in support among Republican voters is likely due to questions on his past and doubts about his stand on foreign policy after the Paris attacks, ABC News noted.
