According to a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday, Trump leads Kasich 31 percent to 26 percent in Ohio, where voters are already casting ballots via early and absentee voting. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas finishes third at 21 percent, and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has 13 percent.

Among likely Democratic primary voters, Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders 55 percent to 40 percent.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential candidateDonald Trump are in the lead in a new poll in Illinois.

Clinton takes 51 percent of the vote in the poll, compared to rival Bernie Sanders with 32 percent among self-declared primary voters,according to the poll by Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.

Trump’s Lead Grows with Jeb Out of the Race

With Jeb Bush out, Donald Trump has widened his lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Republican Voters finds Trump with 36% support, giving him a 15-point lead over Senator Marco Rubio who earns 21% of the vote. Senator Ted Cruz is in third place with 17%.

For Trump, that’s a five-point gain in support from the beginning of this month just after the Iowa caucus and right before the New Hampshire primary when it was Trump 31%, Rubio 21% and Cruz 20% among likely GOP voters. Rubio’s support has held steady, while support for Cruz has fallen slightly.

In mid-December, Trump led with 29% Republican support, with Cruz in second with 18% and Rubio at 15%.

Posted by Coach_Nate on 2/22/2016 9:37:00 PM (view original):

Trump obviously is going to get the Republican ticket