Trump's support slips after skipping Republican debate: Poll

Former President Donald Trump's 2024 rivals are eating into his commanding lead over the primary field after he skipped last week's Republican National Committee debate, according to a new poll.

Trump saw a 6 percentage point drop in support in a new survey from Emerson College Polling that put him at 50%. His support was 56% in an Emerson poll taken prior to the debate.

In a statement, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said, "In addition to President Trump crushing all of the other primary candidates by a dominant margin, he is now leading Joe Biden in the general election. This further proves that President Trump is the only person who can win back the White House, supercharge the economy, secure our border, safeguard communities, and put an end to unnecessary wars."