Ted Cruz is holding onto his narrow lead over Donald Trump as the finish line in Iowa closes in. Just 19 days ahead of the state's caucuses, a new Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll released Tuesday shows the Texas senator 3 percentage points ahead of Trump, with 25 percent to Trump's 22 percent.
While Cruz's polling numbers in Iowa have plummeted 6 points over the last month — he once had 10-point lead on Trump — 76 percent of voters still view him favorably. Trump, who climbed 1 percentage point in the latest poll, has an advantage in that his Iowa supporters are more committed to actually voting for him than any other candidate's supporters are.
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