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New Rasmussen poll shows The Donald in decline

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participates in the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participates in the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
By Jim Galloway
Aug 11, 2015

We have the first national survey to show Donald Trump in an apparent decline after his Fox News debate and weekend blow-up over Megyn Kelly. And former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is on the rise. From its website:

Next with eight percent (8%) come retired neurologist Dr. Ben Carson and Senator Ted Cruz at seven percent (7%).

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Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.

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