Despite losing multiple corporate deals and coming under fire for making inflammatory remarks about Mexican immigrants, Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign continues to soar.

The billionaire real estate mogul has received major backlash since he called Mexican immigrants drug traffickers and rapists during his presidential election announcement speech on June 16.

"They (Mexico) are not our friend, believe me. ... The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everybody else's problems," said Trump last month, later adding, "When Mexico sends its people, they are not sending their best. They are not sending you. They are sending people that have lots of problems, and they are bringing those problems to us. They are bringing drugs and they are bringing crime, and they're rapists."

Following his remarks on Mexican immigrants, Univision and NBCUniversal canceled their contracts to air the Miss Universe Pageant, which he co-owns. In addition, Macy's, ESPN and Ora TV, a television company controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, also cut their ties with Trump.

Although Trump suffered from various business losses due to his comments, his remarks have ironically helped him surge in the polls.

A new poll released Wednesday by the left-leaning Public Policy Polling (PPP) reveals that the reality television star led the Republican presidential field in North Carolina with 16 percent of GOP primary voters. Coming in second place was former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker with 12 percent support, each. Meanwhile, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee earned 11 percent of the vote, putting him in third place.

The PPP survey also found 55 percent of respondens viewing Trump favorably compared to the 32 percent of people who view him unfavorably.

Trump recieved the most support among "very conservative voters," PPP found, since 66 percent gave him a favorable rating versus 24 percent who hold a negative view of him. 

"The Apprentice" host is also coming in second place in Iowa and New Hampshire, which are both early voting states.