<p>Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is leading with an impressive margin in the key state of Florida while he is in a virtual tie with his opponent John Kasich in Ohio, a latest poll said today ahead of the Tuesday's primaries.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential front-runner, on the other hand appears to be cruising towards being the party's nominee for the November 8 elections, as latest polls showed she was leading in Florida and Ohio, but trailed in Illinois.<br /><br />The polls came as White House aspirants on both the Republican and Democratic parties intensified their campaigning ahead of the Tuesday's primaries in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio.<br /><br />Except for North Carolina, the delegates would go to one candidate – the winners of the primary in the states.<br /><br />Releasing details of its polls, CBS news said that Trump (44 per cent) has a 20 per cent lead over Ted Cruz (24 per cent) and Marco Rubio (21 per cent) in Florida where 99 delegates are at stake.<br /><br />Florida is the home state of Rubio, who has been campaigning here for the past few days.<br /><br />A loss here would virtually end the presidential campaign of Rubio, who so far has won only three primaries in Minnesota, Puerto Rico and Washington DC.<br /><br />He has 163 delegates so far as against 370 of Cruz and 460 of Trump.<br /><br />In Ohio where 66 delegates are at stake, Trump and the popular State Governor John Kasich are headed for a very tight finish, CBS polls said, adding that both have support of 33 per cent of the prospective Republican primary goers.<br /><br />Kasich who has just 63 delegates to his kitty and has not won even a single state so far, Ohio is a "must-win-state" for him to stay in the race to the White House.<br /><br />In Illinois where 69 delegates are at stake in winner-take-all primary, Trump is leading ahead of Cruz.<br /><br />On the Democratic side, Clinton seems to have an edge over her sole rival Bernie Sanders in the Tuesday's primaries.<br /><br />Clinton leads Sanders by 28 points in Florida, 62 to 34 percent, and by nine points, 52 to 43 percent in Ohio as per the CBS News Battleground Tracker poll.<br /><br />However, Sanders leads Clinton very narrowly in Illinois 48 to 46 per cent, it said.<br />While Sanders is giving an unexpected tough fight to Clinton, the former Secretary of State is way ahead of the Vermont Senator in the count of delegates.<br /><br />To bag Democratic party's presidential nomination, a candidate needs 2382 of the 4763 delegates.<br /><br />Clinton so far has 1231 delegates which includes 748 from the Democratic primaries and 465 super delegates, meaning party's leadership.<br /><br />Sanders has 576 delegates which includes 542 from the primaries and has support of just 25 super delegates.<br /><br />Super delegates can change their position later on. The delegates from both the Republican and Democratic parties would meet later this summer at the once-in-four-year conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia respectively where they would formally elect their presidential nominee.<br /><br />Those candidates having majority of the delegates would be elected as the party's presidential nominee.<br /></p>
<p>Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is leading with an impressive margin in the key state of Florida while he is in a virtual tie with his opponent John Kasich in Ohio, a latest poll said today ahead of the Tuesday's primaries.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential front-runner, on the other hand appears to be cruising towards being the party's nominee for the November 8 elections, as latest polls showed she was leading in Florida and Ohio, but trailed in Illinois.<br /><br />The polls came as White House aspirants on both the Republican and Democratic parties intensified their campaigning ahead of the Tuesday's primaries in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio.<br /><br />Except for North Carolina, the delegates would go to one candidate – the winners of the primary in the states.<br /><br />Releasing details of its polls, CBS news said that Trump (44 per cent) has a 20 per cent lead over Ted Cruz (24 per cent) and Marco Rubio (21 per cent) in Florida where 99 delegates are at stake.<br /><br />Florida is the home state of Rubio, who has been campaigning here for the past few days.<br /><br />A loss here would virtually end the presidential campaign of Rubio, who so far has won only three primaries in Minnesota, Puerto Rico and Washington DC.<br /><br />He has 163 delegates so far as against 370 of Cruz and 460 of Trump.<br /><br />In Ohio where 66 delegates are at stake, Trump and the popular State Governor John Kasich are headed for a very tight finish, CBS polls said, adding that both have support of 33 per cent of the prospective Republican primary goers.<br /><br />Kasich who has just 63 delegates to his kitty and has not won even a single state so far, Ohio is a "must-win-state" for him to stay in the race to the White House.<br /><br />In Illinois where 69 delegates are at stake in winner-take-all primary, Trump is leading ahead of Cruz.<br /><br />On the Democratic side, Clinton seems to have an edge over her sole rival Bernie Sanders in the Tuesday's primaries.<br /><br />Clinton leads Sanders by 28 points in Florida, 62 to 34 percent, and by nine points, 52 to 43 percent in Ohio as per the CBS News Battleground Tracker poll.<br /><br />However, Sanders leads Clinton very narrowly in Illinois 48 to 46 per cent, it said.<br />While Sanders is giving an unexpected tough fight to Clinton, the former Secretary of State is way ahead of the Vermont Senator in the count of delegates.<br /><br />To bag Democratic party's presidential nomination, a candidate needs 2382 of the 4763 delegates.<br /><br />Clinton so far has 1231 delegates which includes 748 from the Democratic primaries and 465 super delegates, meaning party's leadership.<br /><br />Sanders has 576 delegates which includes 542 from the primaries and has support of just 25 super delegates.<br /><br />Super delegates can change their position later on. The delegates from both the Republican and Democratic parties would meet later this summer at the once-in-four-year conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia respectively where they would formally elect their presidential nominee.<br /><br />Those candidates having majority of the delegates would be elected as the party's presidential nominee.<br /></p>