After all the controversy generated by the FOX moderated GOP debate, the vacation and possible removal of Megyn Kelly by Roger Ailes, one wonders what took FOX so long to release the results, when other polls were released in a much more timely manner and why dump it on a Sunday? Everyone who watches media and politics knows, document dumps, on weekends occur on weekends when they don’t want attention from the populace. So, given these results, and remembering the hit job they did on Trump in their moderation of the first debate, is it unreasonable to question: “Are they still trying drive a message against popular consensus?”

The explosive first Republican debate has shaken up the 2016 GOP presidential race.

Who’s up?  Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and businesswoman Carly Fiorina.  Who’s down? Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

The Democratic side’s getting more interesting too, as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to make gains on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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Those are just some of the highlights in the latest Fox News national poll of registered voters.  First, the nomination races:

Businessman Donald Trump still leads the field for the Republican nomination.  He gets 25 percent among GOP primary voters.  He was at 26 percent before the debate.  Trump’s support among women went from 24 percent two weeks ago to 21 percent now.  He mostly held steady among men (28 percent).

The real-estate mogul maintains his first-place status despite also being judged in the poll as having the worst debate performance and being considered the least likeable Republican candidate.  More on that later.

The August 6 Republican presidential debate was hosted by Fox News Channel in Cleveland.  Several of the exchanges at the debate remained in the news for days after.

Next in the GOP race is Carson, who garners 12 percent.  That’s up five percentage points since the debate and puts him in double-digits for the first time since mid-June.  Cruz captures 10 percent, up four points.

Bush has dropped to nine percent.  That’s down six points — and puts him in single digits for the first time since April.  That’s likely a result of his debate performance, which was judged subpar by those who watched.  Bush does well on other measures — he’s seen as both likeable and qualified.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee held steady at six percent.  Walker slips to six percent — down three points and the lowest support he’s received for more than a year.

Fiorina garners five percent support (+3 points), with Kasich (+1) and Rubio (-1) both at four percent.  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Paul each get three percent.  The remaining candidates are at one percent or less.

The top favorites among the white evangelical Christians are Trump (27 percent), Carson (14 percent), Cruz (12 percent), Bush (10 percent) and Huckabee (9 percent).

On the Democratic side, Clinton drops below 50 percent for the first time, while Sanders keeps climbing.  She leads among Democratic primary voters by 19 points (49-30 percent).  Two weeks ago Clinton was up by 29 points (51-22 percent). A month ago she had a 40-point advantage (59-19 percent).

Vice President Joe Biden, who is undeclared, receives the backing of 10 percent.

The remaining Democratic candidates are at one percent or less.

Here are the results for the entire poll.

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