Story highlights Trump is at 23% in the critical early voting state, but Carson is in second at 18%

Both Trump and Carson have benefited from anti-establishment sentiment among voters

Washington (CNN) Donald Trump is on top among Republicans in Iowa, but Ben Carson has zoomed to the front of the GOP pack in the state, a new poll has found.

A survey by the Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics released Saturday night has the real estate mogul capturing 23% of the vote among likely Republican caucusgoers in the critical early voting state, but Carson is at 18%.

And when first and second place choices are combined, they are even at 32%.

Both Trump and Carson have benefited from anti-establishment sentiment among voters in the Hawkeye State. Neither man has held elected office, and both scored well among Christian conservatives, the poll found.

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