--- title: Clinton and Trump Keep Double-Digit Lead in New Poll description: With three weeks to go to the Iowa caucus canonical: https://time.com/4176787/clinton-trump-poll-lead/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-12T11:40:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:59:33.069Z article:section: Politics og:title: Clinton and Trump Keep Double-Digit Lead in New Poll og:description: With three weeks to go to the Iowa caucus og:url: https://time.com/4176787/clinton-trump-poll-lead/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta23ff45de84aba71/6988601ecf40a863a4c3f4eb/trump-hillary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2100 og:image:height: 1181 og:image:alt: trump-hillary og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Clinton and Trump Keep Double-Digit Lead in New Poll twitter:description: With three weeks to go to the Iowa caucus twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta23ff45de84aba71/6988601ecf40a863a4c3f4eb/trump-hillary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Clinton and Trump Keep Double-Digit Lead in New Poll > Sponsored content. 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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, in New York and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton in Las Vegas. Seth Wenig, John Locher—AP by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Jan 12, 2016 11:40 AM UTC Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton remain national front-runners for their party’s nominations less than three weeks before the Iowa caucus, according to a new NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll released Tuesday morning. The online poll of registered voters shows Trump with 38 percent support among Republicans, with Ted Cruz receiving 20 percent and Marco Rubio receiving 11 percent. No other Republican garners double-digit backing. Ben Carson remains in fourth place at 9 percent; Chris Christie, Jeb Bush and Rand Paul each clock in at just three percent. Carly Fiorina, John Kasich and Mike Huckabee all received two percent support….. 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