Week 5: Donald Trump Reporting

Newsworthy Moment:

Trump no longer stands atop the national rankings among GOP presidential contenders. According to a CBS News/New York Times poll, Carson holds the support of 26% of GOP voters, compared to Trump who now sits at 22%. While the 4-point difference is between the poll's margin of error, for the first time in nearly 5 months Trump sits at second place in the Republican field while Ben Carson continues to surge. (CNN)

Link to full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/27/politics/ben-carson-donald-trump-cbs-poll/

In other news, the Republican field prepares for tomorrow's debate. The debate will be held at the University of Colorado Boulder, and will be televised on CNBC starting at 5pm PT. Trump will have to rile up voters watching at home if he wants to regain some ground in the national poll, and as Trump currently stands in 2nd place, his performance in tomorrow's debate will play a big role in the race for the GOP nomination.

Story about tomorrow's debate: 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/10/27/republican-presidential-debate-comes-to-boulder-wednesday/74712458/

Movement in Polls:

As mentioned earlier, Trump now sits in 2nd place nationally behind Ben Carson in the GOP power rankings. See the first story in this report for more details.

Fundraising:

No news regarding fundraising this week. Trump continues to claim that he's turning down millions of dollars for his quote "self-funded campaign". "Everybody's offering me money, and I don't want it". Trump said this at a dinner in Massachusetts back in August.

CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/28/politics/donald-trump-fundraiser-norwood-boston/

Positions:

No new headline positions from Trump this week. However, since this report is being published on Tuesday, and it's still early in the week, the Trump Team will post any breaking news regarding Trump and any new, loud positions up until Friday night. This being said, Trump may offer a new position in order to seek approval during tomorrow night's debate, but that's just speculation.

Challenges this Week:

Trump faces two daunting challenges this week. One, impressing voters during tomorrow night's debate, and two, gaining approval these next few days in order to make up ground on the national GOP level. It'll be interesting to see next week's poll results. Will nothing change? Will Carson extend his new found lead, or will Trump gain back ground? We'll have to wait and see what happens next, starting with tomorrow night's Republican debate.