donald trump sp in first place at 39%. his highest showing ever in an fnc poll. ted cruz is a distant second at 18%. followed by mark why rubio. 11%. carson at 9%. everyone else is 3% or below. joining us from virginia, director of uva center for politics and in boston, huey burns reporter for real clear politics. i will start with you, kaitlin, the headliner on the poll for you is donald trump shows no signs of fading away and we are just seven weeks away from when voters weigh in in iowa and new hampshire. but i also think that this poll shows an others and as well results of the debate show this field s narrowing a bit. donald trump, ted cruz, marco rubio i think are considered the top tier, top competitors.
rest of the group except cruz is doing very well. kaitlyn, stay on the national fold here. from the last fnc poll, has increased his number by 11%. went from 28 to 39%. cruz also increased. bush decreased, ben carson decreased 9%, so a lot of the slide that carson has had was picked up by trump and cruz. i think cruz has been picking up carson s support. he s been aiming to pick up his support in iowa specifically. and if you look at even these numbers and other polls, cruz does well mock the voters who will help propel him in iowa. trump and cruz, you know, appear to be consolidating their respective bases of smort. and then you have the
39%. his highest showing ever in an fnc poll. cruz is a distant seven at 18%, followed by rubio, 11%. carson at 9% and everyone else including former front-runner, jeb bush, is at 3% or below. joining us now for reaction, larry, director for uva center of politics and in boston, a reporter for real clear politics. kaitlyn, the headline on the poll is well, trump shows no signs of fading away and we re just seven weeks away from when voters actually start weighing in. in iowa and new hampshire. but i also think this poll shows and others and as well as the results of the debate, so, this field is narrowing a bit.
i think chris christie is another wild card, depending on how he does in new hampshire where he certainly has momentum. chris christie is polling at 3% on the fox news poll. larry, was it donald trump s 39% or the distance between the trump 39 and kind of the mid pac, 18, 11 and 9, cruz, rubio, carson. well, it is headlines. it struck me as it s got to be true because i ve seen other polls like this where trump is low 40s. where you see a group of national polls clustering the same area, it shows the candidate is doing well. the flip side is that the pundit thought well in the debate, jeb bush, chris christie, all big mentions, they are both at 3%. 3%. grant you, iowa and new hampshire, at least in new hampshire they are higher and iowa, new hampshire matter more than a national poll. that s got to be the hope for
the rest of the group except for cruz who is doing well. trump, in a month s time, okay, so from the last fnc poll, has increased his number by 11%. so he went from 28% to 39%. ted cruz also increased. bush decreased, ben carson decreased, so a lot of the slide ben carson has had has been picked up by trump and cruz. right. i think cruz has been picking up carson support and aiming to pick up carson s support in iowa specifically. if you look deep in these numbers and other polls, ted cruz does well among the most conservative voters in the evangelical voters who will help propel him in iowa. a place where he is well organized. but trump and cruz, you know, appear to be consolidating their respective basis of support. then you have the establishment