Congratulations to Ben! Can't get too much better than this, the #1 and #2 man swapping positions, only makes the team stronger. But on the sensible side you have to look within the poll for real answers.
"The October poll, conducted from Sept. 26 to Oct. 1, (FIVE DAYS???) included only 377 registered voters who are said to be Republican or registered independents who lean toward the Republican Party, with a margin of error of +/- 5 percentage points. " We know that whoever PAID for this poll, they don't do polls out of the goodness of their hearts, someone has to pay, may or may not have had a hard on for Trump. WE also know that IBD wants anyone but Trump at this point, (read their Op eds, and columnists) as does K Street, Wall Street, and out of sight hedge fund operators.
From the poll we also learn a STARTLING FACT that RYAN is running for president and has a 3% share!...
Now that will have to be SPINNED, but it is interesting that a supposed poll of this kind could make a MISTAKE like that...No ONE proofreads anymore?
Also interesting that...
Trump is at 33% in the latest Reuters poll.
Reuters Polling
BTW, Carson is second in Reuters poll with 11%!
You also have to look realistically at the amount of people that show up for a Trump and Carson Rally.... We know Trump has pulled as many as a 20-30,000 depending on whose news report yo read, but I haven't seen anywhere near 10% of that figure for Ben...I do hope he picks that up, as it does make HEADLINE NEWS and that is what the LOW INFORMATION VOTER is drawn to.
I don't care how "valid" the outfit is, when a poll has a 15-point swing from two other polls taken the same week (with larger samples!!), you have to conclude that either it's simply a terrible poll and throw it out, or, more likely . . . well I've already discussed that!