--- title: Donald Trump Leads Republicans in Florida and Illinois: Poll description: Donald Trump has the edge over his Republican rivals in Florida and Illinois but slightly falls behind Ohio Gov. John Kasich in Ohio canonical: https://time.com/4256790/donald-trump-florida-illinois-ohio-poll/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-13T14:04:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:52.136Z article:section: Politics og:title: Poll: Donald Trump Leads Republicans in Florida and Illinois og:description: But Kasich is ahead in Ohio og:url: https://time.com/4256790/donald-trump-florida-illinois-ohio-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a1d4bff980cc162/69888aca2dce0146729e82b4/donald-trump-poll1.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Campaign Rally in Vandalia, Ohio og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Poll: Donald Trump Leads Republicans in Florida and Illinois twitter:description: But Kasich is ahead in Ohio twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a1d4bff980cc162/69888aca2dce0146729e82b4/donald-trump-poll1.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Poll: Donald Trump Leads Republicans in Florida and Illinois > Sponsored content. 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Ty Wright—Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Mar 13, 2016 2:04 PM UTC Donald Trump [has significant leads over his Republican presidential rivals](http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/polls-trump-ahead-florida-illinois-kasich-leads-ohio-n537356) in the upcoming primary states of Florida and Illinois but fell behind Ohio Gov. John Kasich in the lawmaker’s home state, according to three new polls. The billionaire businessman [leads second-place Florida Sen. Marco Rubio](http://time.com/4252203/donald-trump-seeks-to-close-the-deal-in-florida/) in his home state, 43% to 22%, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls show. In Illinois, Trump is ahead of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz with 34% of likely GOP primary voters to Cruz’s 25%. However, [Kasich is ahead by six points](http://time.com/4256526/john-kasich-ohio-primary/) in Ohio, where he leads Trump 39% to 33%. The polls, which do not include early voting, also show that Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders in all three states. The NBC/WSJ/Marist polls in Florida, Illinois and Ohio were conducted March 4 to March 10. In Florida, the poll surveyed 511 likely GOP primary voters, with a margin of error of +/- 4.3%, and 500 likely Democratic primary voters, with a margin of error of +/- 4.4%. The Illinois poll interviewed 529 likely Democratic primary voters, with a margin of error +/- 4.3% and 421 likely GOP primary voters, with a margin of error of +/- 4.8%. In Ohio, the poll surveyed 564 likely GOP voters, with a margin of error of +/- 4.1 percentage points, and 453 likely Democratic primary voters, with a ,argin of error of +/- 4.6%. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4256790/donald-trump-florida-illinois-ohio-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4256790/donald-trump-florida-illinois-ohio-poll/"},"headline":"Poll: Donald Trump Leads Republicans in Florida and Illinois","datePublished":"2016-03-13T14:04:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:52.136Z","description":"But Kasich is ahead in Ohio","url":"https://time.com/4256790/donald-trump-florida-illinois-ohio-poll/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a1d4bff980cc162/69888aca2dce0146729e82b4/donald-trump-poll1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a1d4bff980cc162/69888aca2dce0146729e82b4/donald-trump-poll1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Campaign Rally in Vandalia, Ohio","caption":"Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on March 12 in Vandailia, Ohio.","creditText":"Ty Wright—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4256790/donald-trump-florida-illinois-ohio-poll/","name":"Poll: Donald Trump Leads Republicans in Florida and Illinois"}}]}] ```