Carly, Carly, Carly! Carly Fiorina creeps ahead of Ben Carson in new poll propelled by her 'winning' GOP debate performance as Donald Trump begins to lose steam
- Carly Fiorina pulled slightly ahead of Ben Carson in the race for second place of the Republican field, according to a new CNN poll
- Trump continues to lead, but lost eight points since earlier this month, meanwhile Fiorina saw a gain of 12 points
- Fiorina credited her debate performance for the boost saying the more voters are exposed to her the more they 'tend to support' her
- Trump said he wasn't threatened by her rise saying if you listen to her for more than five minutes 'you get a headache'
Carly Fiorina leapfrogged over Ben Carson and now stands in second place among Republican presidential hopefuls in a new CNN poll.
Coming off Wednesday night's strong debate performance, Fiorina is now just slightly ahead of Carson, with 15 percent of Republican support, compared to Carson's 14 percent. The numbers are within the poll's sampling error.
That's a 12-point bump in less than a month for the former Hewlett-Packard CEO.
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On Fox News Sunday, Carly Fiorina said the more voters are exposed to her the more 'they tend to support me' and the debate was a big help
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Donald Trump is still Trumping the other candidates, but as his poll numbers have gone down, Carly Fiorina's have risen
Meanwhile, Trump's lead decreased by 8 percentage points from earlier this month, with The Donald, still in first place, but standing now at 24 percent.
The debate seemed to be a big factor as 31 percent of those polled called Trump a debate 'loser,' and 52 percent identifying Fiorina as the winner of the CNN Reagan library debate in Simi Valley, California.
Fiorina, herself, called her first appearance on the main stage of a Republican debate 'a very important moment' during her appearance with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday.
'Based on what's happened before this debate, that as people come to know me and they understand who I am and what I've done and most importantly, what I will do, they tend to support me,' Fiorina said.
Fiorina wasn't polling high enough to be on the main debate stage in August, instead participating in the so-called kids' table debate.
That performance led to a spike in the polls, but it wasn't until CNN changed the debate rules, using an average of polls that came after the first debate, that Fiorina was given the chance to go up against the frontrunners.
First-place Republican, Donald Trump, was talking to George Stephanopoulos on ABC's This Week just as the new numbers were being released.
Trump said he wasn't threatened by the rise of Fiorina.
'No, look, she did a terrible job at Hewlett Packard. She did a terrible job at Lucent,' Trump replied, pointing to Fiorina's business record, which she's been running on. 'I mean those companies are just a disaster and she destroyed Hewlett Packard.'
Trump, who has gotten in trouble before for making personal attacks on the only female candidate, did so again in the interview with Stephanopoulos, this time picking on her voice.
'I mean she's been terrible,' Trump continued. 'And, you know, she's got a good pitter patter, but if you listen to her for more than five minutes straight, you get a headache.'
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