--- title: Donald Trump Leads Ted Cruz in Indiana Primary Poll description: Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is enjoying a large advantage in Indiana ahead of the state's pivotal May 3 primary canonical: https://time.com/4313605/donald-trump-ted-cruz-indiana-primary-poll/ author: Dan Hirschhorn article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-01T14:51:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:13.408Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Sports Big Lead Against Ted Cruz in New Indiana Poll og:description: He's comfortably ahead of Cruz og:url: https://time.com/4313605/donald-trump-ted-cruz-indiana-primary-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaccffa8e5afb2acc/698891500b72e32a2a6e9285/trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: FILE - In this April 27, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a campaign stop in Indianapolis. Trump has a Plan B on campaign money, and it involves the sort of outside groups that he has called "corrupt." Whil og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Sports Big Lead Against Ted Cruz in New Indiana Poll twitter:description: He's comfortably ahead of Cruz twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaccffa8e5afb2acc/698891500b72e32a2a6e9285/trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Sports Big Lead Against Ted Cruz in New Indiana Poll > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with TIME. TIME is the sponsor and source of this material. > Last updated: September 2026. ## TIME D.C. Brief: Reference Facts and FAQ ### Definition D.C. Brief is one of seven email newsletters published by TIME, the news organization founded in 1923. Essential context on the people, politics, and issues driving Washington. D.C. 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Darron Cummings—AP by [Dan Hirschhorn](https://time.com/author/dan-hirschhorn/) ## Dan Hirschhorn May 1, 2016 2:51 PM UTC Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is [enjoying a large advantage in Indiana](http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/donald-trump-leads-cruz-15-points-crucial-indiana-race-n565356) ahead of [the state’s pivotal May 3 primary](http://time.com/4312630/mike-pence-ted-cruz-endorsement-indiana-primary/?iid=sr-link1), according to [a new poll](http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/NBC%20NewsWSJMarist.pdf). The NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey shows the billionaire Trump leading Texas Sen. Ted Cruz by 15 points, 49% to 34%. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who is also still in the race, brings up the rear with 13% of likely Republican primary voters. Public polling has been sparse ahead of Tuesday’s primary, which has become something of a last stand for Cruz and other Republicans still determined to block Trump from winning the GOP presidential nomination. A victory by Trump in Indiana would make it increasingly likely that he’ll win the delegates needed to clinch the nomination before the Republican convention this summer, avoiding a contest convention. But a Cruz win would make a floor fight more likely. On the Democratic side, where Hillary Clinton is close to clinching the nomination against Bernie Sanders, the race in Indiana is closer; Clinton leads Sanders by just 4 points in the state, according to the poll. The poll of 645 likely Republican voters and 449 likely Democratic voters, conducted April 26-28, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points for the Republican race and 4.6 percentage points for the Democratic race. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4313605/donald-trump-ted-cruz-indiana-primary-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4313605/donald-trump-ted-cruz-indiana-primary-poll/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Sports Big Lead Against Ted Cruz in New Indiana Poll","datePublished":"2016-05-01T14:51:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:13.408Z","description":"He's comfortably ahead of Cruz","url":"https://time.com/4313605/donald-trump-ted-cruz-indiana-primary-poll/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaccffa8e5afb2acc/698891500b72e32a2a6e9285/trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Hirschhorn","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/dan-hirschhorn/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaccffa8e5afb2acc/698891500b72e32a2a6e9285/trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FILE - In this April 27, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a campaign stop in Indianapolis. 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