The Republican primary is basically a four-way tie now
Donald Trump's national lead has dwindled to almost nothing at all, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll out Tuesday. Trump leads with only 30 percent of likely Republican primary voters nationally, with Ted Cruz right on his heels at 27 percent. John Kasich is not far behind, at 22 percent, and Marco Rubio is last and only 10 points behind Trump, at 20 percent.
The poll also finds that Trump was the preferred pick for 36 percent of Republican primary voters in states that have already voted. In the states that have yet to vote, the competition is a lot tighter, with Trump at 27 percent followed by Cruz at 25 percent, Kasich at 24 percent, and Rubio at 23 percent.
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