Carson edges Trump, now Republican front runner

Ben Carson, world renowned neurosurgeon, has overtaken business mogul, Donald Trump, becoming Republican Party’s leading candidate, new polls have confirmed.

For the first time in months, the national polls fell to the second position, with four points behin Carson for the 2016 primary race, CNN reported.

Carson won the support of 26 percent of Republican primary voters, compared to 22 percent backing Trump, according to CBS News/New York Times.

Though within the poll’s margin of error, it marks the first time since the billionaire businessman’ss dominant rise over the summer where he has been bumped from the top spot nationally.

The new numbers also represent a reversal from the last CBS/New York Times poll, taken more than a month ago, which saw Trump leading Carson 27%-23%.

Carson and Trump have been running consistently neck-and-neck since the start of September – with other candidates struggling to keep pace.

The switch in the lead comes as Carson has taken a clear lead in the Iowa race, beating Trump in some polls by double-digits.

CBS/New York Times pollsters found Carson outpacing Trump among women and evangelicals and running even with him among men.

Trump performed better with moderate Republicans and voters without college degrees, with no other candidate cracking the double-digit support in the latest poll.

Marco Rubio won eight percent support, Jeb Bush and Carly Fiorina tied for fourth place with seven percent and Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and John Kasich each got 4 percent.

The most recent CBS/New York Times poll surveyed 575 Republican primary voters and carries a 6-percentage-point margin of error.

About 70 percent of those involved in the poll added that their decision as at the time of the poll is not final.