Walker Leads in Iowa, Followed by Trump, Monmouth Poll Finds

Wis. Gov. Scott Walker is first choice of 22% of Iowa Republican caucus-goers, Monmouth University Polling Institute finds.

• Donald Trump is first choice of 13%
• NOTE: July 16-19 poll found no difference in support for Trump among those interviewed before his comments about John McCain and those interviewed after; Walker’s support in second two days of polling climbed to 25% from 19%
• Others:
  • Ben Carson, 8%
  • Jeb Bush, 7%
  • Ted Cruz, 7%
  • Mike Huckabee, 6%
  • Marco Rubio, 5%
  • Rand Paul, 5%
  • Bobby Jindal, 4%
  • Rick Santorum, 3%
  • Rick Perry, 3%
  • Carly Fiorina, 3%
  • Rest of field garners no more than 2%; 11% undecided
• NOTE: Poll of 452 voters has error margin of +/- 4.6 ppts