The latest large scale poll sample from Morning Consult (pdf below) shows that Marco Rubio and Carly Fiorina are now in a downward trend-line having had their moments of exposure and review.  Conversely candidate Donald Trump now begins climbing even higher than previous polled results.

(Via Morning Consult) […] Donald Trump retains a wide lead over the rest of the field, with 34 percent of the vote. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson clocks in second, at 20 percent, while former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) finishes at 9 percent.

Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina are tied with 5 percent apiece, just ahead of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s (R) 4 percent.

Carson, one of the few candidates who retains a net-favorable rating, is the only Republican other than Trump whose support has grown, and stayed high. Carson has shown steady growth since Morning Consult began tracking polls in mid-July, while Rubio, Bush and Fiorina have all seen their support shrink after individual peaks.

Just about a third of all voters have favorable impressions of Bush, Rubio and Fiorina.

The new poll shows just 39 percent of registered voters approve of the job President Obama is doing, down several points from last week’s tracking poll. And only 29 percent believe the U.S. is headed in the right direction.

The Morning Consult tracking poll surveyed 2,002 registered voters between Oct. 8-12, for a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. The poll included subsamples of 749 self-identified Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, for a margin of error of plus or minus 3.58 percentage points, while a subsample of 826 self-identified Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents carried a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.  (link)

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