Republican presidential hopefuls are closing in on a tight race: not for their party’s nomination, but for the chance to advocate for their party’s nomination during next week’s first 2016 debate.
Whether they’ll get that chance depends entirely on how they’ve performed in recent national polls—a metric that some pollsters are wary of employing for such a significant event, especially as voters are only just starting to pay attention to the candidates now crisscrossing the country looking for their vote. CONT.
Nora Kelly & Brian Resnick, National Journal
Recent polls: Republican presidential preference