Updated On: 03 December, 2015 01:36 PM IST | | IANS
<p>Defying pundits and pollsters, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has maintained his lead over party rivals even as Democrat Hillary Clinton has widened hers over key challenger Bernie Sanders</p>
Washington: Defying pundits and pollsters, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has maintained his lead over party rivals even as Democrat Hillary Clinton has widened hers over key challenger Bernie Sanders.
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who was in a virtual tie with real estate mogul Trump four weeks ago has dropped to third place behind Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, according to a Quinnipiac University National poll released Wednesday.