Donald Trump has opened up a double digit lead over closest 2016 Republican presidential rival Ted Cruz in the critical early voting state of New Hampshire.

The latest Public Policy Polling survey finds Trump with 27 percent of the vote, followed by Cruz at 13 percent, Marco Rubio at 11 percent and Chris Christie at 10 percent.

Trump Holding Firm

Researchers note Trump has seemingly owned the Granite State since polling in June, the last month any statewide poll there found him not at the top of the crowded GOP field. Over the last four weeks, numbers for the real estate mogul have remained consistent across the state, with him now at 27 percent compared to 28 percent in October.

More recently, some of Trump's more controversial statements have worked in his favor where GOP voters are concerned. Poll numbers show 58 percent of Republican voters indicate they believe his claim that Arabs in New Jersey cheered the attacks of 9/11 to be true.

In addition, 53 percent of supporters insist they favor his idea of building a national database of Muslims and 49 percent of them contend they want to shut down all mosques here in the U.S.

Cruz and Christie on the Rise

Meanwhile, Cruz and Christie have both experienced significant upticks. Over that same period, Cruz's numbers have risen by five points and Christie's by seven.

After recently securing the endorsement of the state's largest newspaper, Christie now has the best favorability rating of all the party's candidates.

In Iowa, except for a brief stretch in October when political neophyte Ben Carson surged to the front of the pack, Trump has also consistently paced the field. Since early August, his numbers have hovered in the 22 to 30 percent range, good enough to have him back ahead of the pack by early November.