The United State of America Republican party presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson is
tied with Donald Trump in Iowa in the latest Monmouth University Poll released
Monday, marking the first time that a GOP contender has closed the gap in
Trump's lead in the primary.
Ashiwaju.org reports that Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson and Trump got 23 percent support from
Iowa's Republican voters, while former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina came
in third with 10 percent of the vote. None of the other candidates in the
Republican field eked out double-digit support.
Aside from
marking the big moment in which Trump no longer leads , Ashiwaju.org gathered that the rest of the GOP field
by a wide margin, the poll also provides an illuminating look at what Iowa
voters value in a Republican presidential candidate. None of the poll's top
three contenders (Trump, Carson, and Fiorina) comes from a political
background; all are considered outsider candidates.
The poll, which
was conducted between August 27-30, has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9
percentage points.