--- title: Trump and Kasich Neck-and-Neck in Ohio: Poll description: The candidates will be in a tight race on March 15 canonical: https://time.com/4250170/poll-trump-kasich-ohio/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-07T21:32:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:41:31.197Z article:section: Politics og:title: Poll: Trump and Kasich Neck-and-Neck in Ohio og:description: The candidates will be in a tight race on March 15 og:url: https://time.com/4250170/poll-trump-kasich-ohio/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2de627b88519d56a/69888a033c163904a845c54a/rubio-trump-cruz-kasich.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: GOP Presidential Candidates Debate In Detroit og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Poll: Trump and Kasich Neck-and-Neck in Ohio twitter:description: The candidates will be in a tight race on March 15 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2de627b88519d56a/69888a033c163904a845c54a/rubio-trump-cruz-kasich.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Poll: Trump and Kasich Neck-and-Neck in Ohio by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Mar 7, 2016 9:32 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidates Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, participate in a debate sponsored by Fox News on March 3, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. Republican presidential candidates Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, participate in a debate sponsored by Fox News on March 3, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Mar 7, 2016 9:32 PM UTC When Republican voters show up to the polls in Ohio on March 15, they’re likely to put Donald Trump and John Kasich in a [very tight race](http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2016/03/trump-kasich-in-tight-ohio-race.html). According to [a new poll from Public Policy Polling](http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2016/03/trump-kasich-in-tight-ohio-race.html), surveying 638 likely Republican primary voters from March 4th to 6th, Trump leads Kasich in his home state 38% to 35% — within the poll’s margin of error of +/- 3.9%. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are trailing at 15% and 5% respectively. Just 69% of voters said they’re definitely committed to their current choice, and asked to pick only between Trump and Kasich, the Ohio governor led 55% to 40%. On the Democratic side, which included 508 likely primary voters, Hillary Clinton led Bernie Sanders 56% to 35%, with a margin of error of +/-4.4% \[[PPP](http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2016/03/trump-kasich-in-tight-ohio-race.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4250170/poll-trump-kasich-ohio/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4250170/poll-trump-kasich-ohio/"},"headline":"Poll: Trump and Kasich Neck-and-Neck in Ohio","datePublished":"2016-03-07T21:32:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:41:31.197Z","description":"The candidates will be in a tight race on March 15","url":"https://time.com/4250170/poll-trump-kasich-ohio/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2de627b88519d56a/69888a033c163904a845c54a/rubio-trump-cruz-kasich.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2de627b88519d56a/69888a033c163904a845c54a/rubio-trump-cruz-kasich.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GOP Presidential Candidates Debate In Detroit","caption":"GOP Presidential Candidates Debate In Detroit","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—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/4250170/poll-trump-kasich-ohio/","name":"Poll: Trump and Kasich Neck-and-Neck in Ohio"}}]}] ```