Fox News Poll Gives Hope to Kasich, Discourages Rubio

Nominees battle in home states Ohio and Florida

Republican presidential candidate Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks at a campaign rally at the Lansing Brewing Company in Lansing, Mich., on March 8, 2016. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio speaks during a campaign rally at the Tampa Convention Center in Florida on March 7, 2016. Marco Rubio hopes to win his home state of Florida during the states March 15th primary. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Rubio Fading in Florida

Like Kasich, Florida Senator Marco Rubio has gone all in hoping to win his home state of Florida in an attempt to have leverage if the nomination came down to a brokered convention.

However, Rubio’s numbers aren’t stacking up to Trump’s, with the frontrunner polling 43 percent to Rubio’s 20 percent in the latest Fox News Poll. To make matters worse, Ted Cruz is closing on Rubio’s second place spot with 16 percent.   

Rubio has had a lull in his campaign in the last couple weeks, and has only racked up two wins all told, one in Minnesota and one in Puerto Rico for a total of 151 delegates. By comparison, Trump leads with 458 delegates.

Florida takes center stage on Thursday night with a CNN debate hosted in Miami. It will be one of Rubio’s last chances to make a stand going into next week’s primaries.