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Marco Rubio, seen here in South Carolina, remains the betting co-favorite.
A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released Thursday shows Trump with a 13-point national lead over Cruz at 33 percent to 20 percent, with Rubio at 13 and Ben Carson at 12 percent. These numbers are a bit below Trump’s RealClearPolitics averages, which show a 34.5 percent share and a 15.2-point lead over Cruz’s 19.3 percent, with Rubio at 11.8 and Carson at 9.
National Polling Averages (According to RealClearPolitics)
In PredictWise’s aggregation of the betting markets, Trump remains even with longtime leader Rubio, each taking 33 percent. Cruz continues his slide, falling from 22 to 20 percent. Bush holds at 10, and Christie rounds out the board at 3 percent.
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GOP Primary & Debate Schedule
Debate Schedule
Iowa: January 28, Fox News
New Hampshire: February 6, ABC News
South Carolina: February 13, CBS
Texas: February 26, NBC/Telemundo/National Review
Location TBD: March 2016, Fox News
Florida: Date TBD, CNN/Salem Radio
Primary Schedule
Iowa: February 1
New Hampshire: February 9
South Carolina: February 20
Nevada: February 23
Super Tuesday (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Dakota, Oklahoma,
Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming): March 1
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine: March 5
Puerto Rico: March 6
Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi: March 8
Guam, Washington, D.C.: March 12
Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio: March 15
Virgin Islands: March 19
American Samoa, Arizona, Utah: March 22
Wisconsin: April 5
New York: April 19
Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island: April 26
Indiana: May 3
Nebraska, West Virginia: May 10
Oregon: May 17
Washington: May 24
California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota: June 7