Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are ahead in South Carolina, new poll shows

In an online poll released Sunday by CBS News and YouGov, Donald Trump holds a 22-point lead over Ted Cruz in South Carolina, the next Republican primary state. Trump notched 42 percent of the support among likely primary voters to Cruz's 20. Marco Rubio followed with 15 percent.

On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders, 59 percent to 40 percent.

The poll's margin of error is 5.7 percentage points for the Republican contest and 8.7 percentage points for the Democratic one. The poll was conducted before Saturday night's debate in Greenville.

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