Jeb Bush is even more disliked than Donald Trump, poll finds
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While Donald Trump may have a net unfavorable rating of minus 20 percentage points among registered voters, Jeb Bush is faring even worse. The latest CNN/ORC poll released Tuesday shows Bush with a net unfavorable rating two points lower than Trump's, at minus 22 percentage points.
Even amongst just the Republican population, Bush is still polling worse than Trump. The Donald's rise in the Republican primary polls continued this week with 24 percent, while the former Florida governor trailed by 11 percentage points, coming in second at 13 percent. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson came in third with 8 percent.
The margin of error for the poll conducted August 13-16 is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. For the Republican voter-focused questions, the margin of error was plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
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