A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows that GOP candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson are virtually tied for first place in the race for the presidential nomination.

The survey registered Carson with 20% support, a mere one point behind Trump.

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and former HP CEO Carly Fiorina are tied for third place with 11%.

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush carried only 7% of the vote. 

Business Insider writes,

Trump and his campaign have attempted to play down and outright deny his slight dip and overall failure to gain ground in recent polls.

But the NBC/WSJ survey is more evidence, at least, of stagnation. Trump is up 2% from the same poll in July, while other candidates continue to gain on the man who has been the party front-runner for almost three months.

Prior to the new poll, Trump told Business Insider that the media was downplaying other polls that showed him ahead in the race.

"It's dishonest reporting and — let me change it — it's knowingly dishonest," Trump said. "Because the polls speak for themselves. I'm up. Check out Zogby. Check out Reuters — the Reuters — what do they call that? The Reuters average. Even The Huffington Post. Check all of them."

The Trump campaign hit back last week against media claims that the businessman has hit his ceiling regarding public support.

"Dishonest @NYTimes reporter Jonathan Martin refused to acknowledge massive crowd surge forward during my speech in South Carolina. Liar!" Trump said this week in an Instagram post.