--- title: Donald Trump Leads John Kasich In Ohio Governor’s Home State description: Donald Trump may be on his way to stripping an important Ohio win from Gov. John Kasich in his home state, a new poll has found canonical: https://time.com/4232831/donald-trump-john-kasich-ohio-poll/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-23T11:01:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:15:33.375Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Leads John Kasich In Ohio Governor’s Home State: Poll og:description: Trump leads Kasich 31% to 26%, according to the poll og:url: https://time.com/4232831/donald-trump-john-kasich-ohio-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteefb52b8876fb1bc/69887e8fbc6cfc55583dbd46/john-kasich-donald-trump-ohio.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Presidential Candidate John Kasich Holds Campaign Rally At USS Yorktown og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Leads John Kasich In Ohio Governor’s Home State: Poll twitter:description: Trump leads Kasich 31% to 26%, according to the poll twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteefb52b8876fb1bc/69887e8fbc6cfc55583dbd46/john-kasich-donald-trump-ohio.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Leads John Kasich in Ohio Governor’s Home State: Poll  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Feb 23, 2016 11:01 AM UTC  John Kasich, governor of Ohio and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, pauses as he speaks during a campaign event at the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, U.S., on Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. John Kasich, governor of Ohio and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, pauses as he speaks during a campaign event at the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, U.S., on Friday, Feb. 19, 2016.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Feb 23, 2016 11:01 AM UTC Donald Trump may be on his way to stripping an important Ohio win from [Gov. John Kasich](http://time.com/4214910/john-kasich-republican-new-hampshire/) in his home state, a new poll has found. The New York real estate mogul is leading [Kasich](http://time.com/4232706/john-kasich-women-left-kitchens/) 31% to 26% among likely Republican primary voters in Ohio, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday. Nearly 80% of Trump’s supporters say their mind is made up, which is the highest percentage among supporters for other GOP candidates, the survey says. [Trump won South Carolina’s Republican primary](http://time.com/4231631/south-carolina-primary-results-republican-donald-trump-ted-cruz-marco-rubio-jeb-bush/) on Saturday, but his current five-point lead in Ohio could change and “anything can happen” in the three weeks leading up to the state’s Republican primary, said Peter Brown, the assistant director of the Quinnipiac poll. Kasich has the best favorability rating at 77%, according to the poll. “A Kasich Ohio win is crucial to the Republicans trying to stop the New York businessman’s nomination,” Brown said in a statement. “If Trump can defeat Kasich in his home state, that would be an impressive demonstration of his strength in a state that is just now getting attention.” Poll results also show that Hillary Clinton is leading Bernie Sanders, polling at 55% among Ohio likely Democratic primary voters compared to Sanders’ 40%. Quinnipiac University surveyed 759 likely Ohio Republican primary voters and 518 Ohio likely Democratic primary voters from Feb. 16 to Feb. 20\. 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