The latest polls show things are looking even better for the 2016 Republican front-runner. | Getty Trump holds big national lead, Democratic race tightens

Donald Trump is crushing his rivals in a national poll out Thursday.

The Fox News poll has the billionaire with an 18-point lead over Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, 45 percent to 27 percent. Ohio Gov. John Kasich is a close third with 25 percent, despite badly lagging the other two in the delegate race.


Trump’s number is a new record for him in the Fox poll, up 4 percent from three weeks ago. But Cruz suffered a noteworthy drop, tumbling 11 percentage points from the last poll.

While Trump has a clear lead over his rivals, the Democratic race is neck and neck.

Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton is ahead of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders by just 2 percentage points, 48 percent to 46 percent.

The previous poll had her ahead 55 percent to 42 percent.

The telephone poll was with 1,021 registered voters from April 11-13. There is a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points for all voters. Of the 450 Democratic registered voters and 419 Republican registered voters there is a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.