The latest survey of likely GOP primary voters in Virginia from polling firm Overtime Politics gives Trump a 14-point lead over Rubio, 33 percent to 19 percent. John Kasich comes in third place at 14 percent, followed by Ted Cruz at 12 percent and Jeb Bush and Ben Carson at 8 percent each.
Overtime notes this is a bump of 5 points for Trump, 13 points for Kasich, and 5 points for Rubio since their previous poll in early January, while Cruz has dropped 7 points and Carson 9 points.
The second poll, from Christopher Newport University, found Trump with 28 percent support among likely Republican voters in the Old Dominion, followed more closely by Rubio at 22 percent, Cruz at 19 percent, Carson and Kasich at 7 percent each, and Bush at 4 percent. The poll was taken over the course of two weeks, after the Iowa caucuses and both before and after the New Hampshire primary.
Here’s more on that poll from the Virginian-Pilot:
Virginia voters will vote on March 1, the same day as primaries in Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Vermont, and caucuses in Colorado, Louisiana, Minnesota, and Wyoming.
