UTAH: Ted Cruz Leads Trump By 42 Points

From the Salt Lake Tribune:

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has zoomed to a commanding lead in Utah’s GOP caucuses, according to a new poll released Saturday. It also gave a glimpse into how frustrated the state’s Republicans are with Donald Trump’s candidacy. The Y2 Analytics survey shows Cruz with 53 percent support among likely Republican caucus-goes and if that matches Tuesday’s caucus vote, he’d win all of the state’s 40 GOP delegates.

Coming in second is Ohio Gov. John Kasich with 29 percent, while Trump, the national front-runner, was a distant third at 11 percent. Trump has the clearest path to the nomination, while Cruz, who is second in the delegate hunt, argues he is in the best position to block that. A complete victory in Utah would be a start, which is why he said Saturday that a vote for Kasich was in essence a vote for Trump.

If Kasich or Trump are able to cut into Cruz’s lead, dropping him below 50 percent of the vote, they’d be able to snag some of the delegates, which would then be awarded proportionately. This is the first poll released in the state in over a month, and the only one since the field narrowed to just three candidates.