Joe Biden is likely to take Florida in their primary elections next week as polls released Thursday show him in a massive lead against rival Bernie Sanders.

While Biden came out on top with 69 per cent support in a St. Pete Polls taken March 6-8, Sanders fell short with under 13 per cent.

In the primaries, candidates need 15 per cent of the vote in each state, according to Democratic National Committee rules, to earn delegates for the nominating convention over the summer.

According to this poll, which has a margin of error of 2 percentage points, Sanders may not even reach that threshold.

A poll released Thursday showed Joe Biden with 69 per cent support in Florida while Bernie Sanders holds less than 14 per cent

Joe Biden has a massive lead against the Vermont senator in the swing state of Florida, which will vote Tuesday

The lead is so substantial, that Sanders might not even earn any delegates in the state with 219 delegates

After Super Tuesday at the start of March, the narrowing field was brought down to a near-two horse race between Sanders, 78, and Biden, 77.

Florida, a swing-state with 219 delegates up for grabs, could be the momentum needed to launch Biden into the winner's spot as he's already more than 150 delegates ahead of Sanders.

Another poll released Thursday from the University of North Florida also exhibits the former vice president's popularity in the state.

Biden received 66 per cent of the vote in this poll, which has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 per cent.

Sanders still came in a distant second – but this time, with 22 per cent, reached the threshold needed to earn delegates.

And even though this poll was taken after other lingering candidates had already dropped out, about 7 per cent was swallowed up by voters indicating they were voting for candidates who are no longer in the race, including billionaire Mike Bloomberg, Senator Amy Kobuchar, former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Senator Elizabeth Warren and tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang.

Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who only holds 2 delegates, has 1 per cent support in this poll.

At one point, the number of candidates running in the Democratic primary neared 30.