NBC/WSJ Poll: Carson, Clinton Tied in Head-to-Head Race

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Democrats' presidential front-runner, is tied with one of the GOP's leading candidates, Ben Carson, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll. 

According to the poll released Tuesday, Clinton and Carson each would garner 47 percent of the vote in a theoretical head-to-head matchup. The other GOP front-runner, Donald Trump, would lose to Clinton, as would other GOP candidates.

Clinton: 50 percent
Trump: 42 percent

Clinton: 47 percent
Marco Rubio: 44 percent

Clinton: 47 percent
Jeb Bush: 43 percent

Carson's stronger standing against Clinton is his higher favorability about independents, NBC News reported.

Among independents:

• Carson: 47 percent
• Clinton: 37 percent

• Rubio: 42 percent
• Clinton 35 percent

• Bush: 41 percent
• Clinton: 37 percent

• Trump: 43 percent
• Clinton 39 percent

The poll was conducted October 25-29 among 847 registered voters and has a margin of error of plus-minus 3.4 percentage points.

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