Trump leading in South Carolina: Two polls

According to a poll released by Georgia-based Opinion Savvy on Friday, the business mogul is leading the Republican field with 36 percent support in the state.
 
He is followed by Iowa caucus winner Sen. Ted Cruz, whose support stands at 19 percent in the poll.
 
Sen. Marco Rubio and former Florida governor Jeb Bush have 15 percent and 11 percent of support respectively, the poll revealed. They are followed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich with 9 percent and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson with 5 percent.
 
Another poll conducted by South Carolina House Republican Caucus on Friday showed that Trump leads the field there holding 34.5 percent support.
 
He is followed by Cruz with 15.5 percent support and Bush with 13 percent support. Rubio is the next holding 12.5 percent followed by Kasich with 8.5 percent. Carson’s rating is the same as that of the other poll.
 
Sixteen percent of those surveyed in both polls say there are undecided.
 
Also, a national poll released on the same day showed that 4 in 10 registered Republican and Republican-leaning independent voters in the United States are backing Trump’s campaign.
 
The latest poll showed that Trump’s support has gone up 6 points since his triumph in New Hampshire.
 
Trump won 35.3 percent of the vote in New Hampshire and was followed by Kasich who received 15.8 percent.
 
The Republican presidential hopeful has created controversy for his anti-Muslim and anti-immigration stance despite facing criticism at home and abroad.