but trump has seen a 20% jump in favorability since september which suggests the republican voters are getting more comfortable with him. and this is interesting also on the issue of voters optimism, the republican voters optimism about their chances in 2016 with trump in the picture as opposed to without trump. that number has jumped since august by 8 percentage points now up to 46%. another sign that discomfort with trump appears to be easing. now, as to your question about what this means for debates, the main thing to focus on is that based on the latest polling, it looks like there will be six candidates in the main event. trump, cruz, rubio, carson, bush and christie. six candidates in the undercard debate, rand paul, john kasich, carly fiorina, mike huckabee, rick santorum and george pataki.