Poll shows Rubio cutting into Trump’s Florida lead

By Kelly Cohen

Published March 7, 2016 7:36pm ET

Poll shows Rubio cutting into Trump’s Florida lead — Among the one in five Florida voters who have already cast their ballots, Marco Rubio leads Donald Trump 48 percent to 23 percent. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) | Paul Sancya

Sen. Marco Rubio has cut into Donald Trump’s lead in Florida, according to a new poll.

In a new Monmouth University poll released Monday, eight days before the Sunshine State’s March 15 primary, Rubio trails Trump by only eight points, 38 percent to 30 percent.

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