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Real-estate magnate Donald Trump continues to sit at the top of national polls in the Republican race for president — and a new poll shows him with his most commanding lead yet.

A new ABC News/Washington Post poll released Monday found Trump with 24 per cent support among Republican voters.

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That almost doubles his next-closest GOP opponent, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who had 13 per cent. Former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida is in third place with 12 per cent.

Unlike a Monmouth University poll released earlier in the day, the ABC survey found that Trump’s support dropped on Sunday compared with the earlier days the pollster was in the field. The sample size that day, however, was relatively small.

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That drop could have been a consequence of Trump’s claim on Saturday that Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), a former prisoner of war, was not a war hero. The real-estate developer quickly reversed his position, however, and has insisted he recognized McCain as a hero. The comment has since been widely covered in the media.