Tony Cook and Chelsea Schneider

The Indianapolis Star

Indiana voters favor Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, but not by large margins, according to the first polling ahead of the state's May 3 primary.

Trump led the Republican field with 37%, according to the poll conducted April 18 to 21 by Public Opinion Strategies on behalf of WTHR and HoweyPolitics. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz followed with 31%. Ohio Gov. John Kasich had 22%.

On the Democratic side, Clinton led Sen. Bernie Sanders 48% to 45% — within the margin of error.

The poll, conducted by pollster Gene Ulm, included responses from 500 Hoosiers and Republican and Democratic over samples. It had a margin of error of 4.3 percentange points on the Republican side and 4.47 points on the Democratic side.