--- title: Donald Trump Towers Over Rivals in Latest National Poll description: Donald Trump has solidified his national lead over his Republican opponents, according to a new poll canonical: https://time.com/4193776/donald-trump-leads-ted-cruz-national-poll/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-26T14:25:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:26:33.093Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Towers Over Rivals in Latest National Poll og:description: A separate Iowa poll found that Trump and Cruz are neck-and-neck before the caucuses og:url: https://time.com/4193776/donald-trump-leads-ted-cruz-national-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90b8355216a7c452/69887a9b0a4a2259f59c8106/donald-trump14.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Campaigns In Iowa Ahead Of Caucuses og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Towers Over Rivals in Latest National Poll twitter:description: A separate Iowa poll found that Trump and Cruz are neck-and-neck before the caucuses twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90b8355216a7c452/69887a9b0a4a2259f59c8106/donald-trump14.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Towers Over Rivals in Latest National Poll  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 26, 2016 2:25 PM UTC  Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he is introduced during a campaign event on Jan. 23, 2016 in Pella, Iowa. Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he is introduced during a campaign event on Jan. 23, 2016 in Pella, Iowa.Joshua Lott—Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 26, 2016 2:25 PM UTC Donald Trump has [solidified his national lead ](http://time.com/4181801/trump-cruz-republican-poll/)over his Republican opponents, [according to a new poll](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-first-voting-nears-trump-seems-stronger/2016/01/25/349439d4-c392-11e5-a4aa-f25866ba0dc6%5Fstory.html). The Washington _Post_\-ABC News poll, released on Tuesday, found that Trump has the support of 37% of registered Republicans and Republican-leading independents, keeping a consistent lead. Trailing him, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz rose to 21%. In third place, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has 11%. Trump’s supporters are more certain about their vote than other candidates’ supporters are, with a majority saying they will definitely for Trump. Republicans also think Trump is better than his rivals on issues, including the economy, immigration and terrorism threats, according to the poll. The poll, conducted between Jan. 21 and Jan. 24, surveyed 1,001 adults and has a margin of error of +/- 3.5 percentage points overall and +/- 5.5 percentage points among the 356 Republicans and Republican-leaning voters surveyed. Meanwhile, a [new Iowa poll](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/iowa/release-detail?ReleaseID=2318) released on Tuesday showed Trump and Cruz [neck-and-neck in the Hawkeye State](http://time.com/4181973/donald-trump-ted-cruz-iowa/), less than [a week away from the caucuses](http://time.com/4192254/one-week-until-iowa/). The Quinnipiac University poll found Trump at 31% and Cruz at 29% among likely Republican caucus-goers. Rubio came in third with 13%. The Quinnipiac poll, which surveyed 651 likely Republican Iowa caucus-goers, was conducted from Jan. 18 to Jan. 24 and has a margin of error of +/- 3.8 percentage points. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4193776/donald-trump-leads-ted-cruz-national-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4193776/donald-trump-leads-ted-cruz-national-poll/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Towers Over Rivals in Latest National Poll","datePublished":"2016-01-26T14:25:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:26:33.093Z","description":"A separate Iowa poll found that Trump and Cruz are neck-and-neck before the caucuses","url":"https://time.com/4193776/donald-trump-leads-ted-cruz-national-poll/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90b8355216a7c452/69887a9b0a4a2259f59c8106/donald-trump14.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90b8355216a7c452/69887a9b0a4a2259f59c8106/donald-trump14.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Campaigns In Iowa Ahead Of Caucuses","caption":"Donald Trump Campaigns In Iowa Ahead Of Caucuses","creditText":"Joshua Lott—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4193776/donald-trump-leads-ted-cruz-national-poll/","name":"Donald Trump Towers Over Rivals in Latest National Poll"}}]}] ```