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Trump, Clinton lead big in Va. poll

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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton hold double-digit leads in Virginia ahead of the state’s Super Tuesday primary, a new Monmouth University poll shows. 

Trump sits at 41 percent in the survey released Thursday, well ahead of Sen. Marco Rubio’s (Fla.) 27 percent and Sen. Ted Cruz’s (Texas) 14 percent. Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Ben Carson are tied at 7 percent.

{mosads}Those numbers could change dramatically over the coming days, as only 36 percent of the likely GOP voters are completely decided, though the majority of Trump voters say they are certain to stick by their man.

Trump leads among most demographics but is also the candidate most voters would be disappointed to see win the nomination. Twenty-six percent feel that way about Trump, while 23 percent about Cruz. Only about 10 percent of the likely voters would be upset to see Kasich, Rubio or Carson as the party’s standard-bearer in November.

As Kasich and Carson are not expected to be strong contenders in the state, the Monmouth poll shows that the dynamics of the race wouldn’t substantially change if they dropped out before the vote.

On the Democratic side, Clinton leads Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) 60 percent to 33 percent, winning with male, female, white and black voters. The two poll about even with voters under 50 years old, despite Sanders’s success with the demographic in other states.

Forty-seven percent of the likely Democratic voters are completely sold on their picks.

Virginia is part of the flurry of states holding primaries or caucuses as part of Super Tuesday on March 1. That makes the day a crucial one for campaigns looking to amass delegates and capture the momentum as the race for the nomination continues.

Republicans have 49 delegates up for grabs in the state compared to 95 for the Democrats.

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