LATEST GOP POLL ON THE LAST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 2015 HAS BEN CARSON AND DONALD TRUMP NECK TO NECK WITH 20% AND 21% OF PRIMARY VOTERS WITH MARCO RUBIO (R-FL) AND CARLY FIORINA AT 11% AS IT SEEMS THE POTUS FOR 2016 FIELD IS STARTING TO NARROW

Donald Trump and Ben Carson are running neck and neck atop the 2016 Republican presidential field, according to a new national poll.

The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday morning found 21 percent support from Republican primary voters for Trump and 20 percent for Carson.

Carson's support has doubled since July, when he attracted !0 percent in a similar poll.

Carson said Sunday that the poll “reflects what we’ve been seeing out on the road, just tremendous crowds but enormous enthusiasm.”

“And I think it says a lot for the American people, because it means that they’re not necessarily listening to the pundits, that they’re starting to think for themselves,” he added on ABC’s “This Week.” “And that, I think, is what it’s going to take to get us off of this inexorable track toward destruction that we’re on.”

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Carly Fiorina are tied for third place in the new poll, with 11 percent each.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush nabbed 7 percent. He is followed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich with 6 percent and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz with 5 percent. No other GOP candidate had more than 3 percent support, NBC News said.

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