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Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders could both enjoy Saturday evening if polling figures hold true for the handful of states voting on Saturday.

Republicans in Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana and Maine vote Saturday, while Democrats vote in Kansas, Louisiana and Nebraska.


Trump holds a double-digit lead among Louisiana Republican voters, according to a RealClearPolitics polling aggregate. The average has Trump with 43.3 percent support, followed by Ted Cruz at 27.7 percent and Marco Rubio at 13.7 percent. Ohio Gov. John Kasich is in single digits at 5.3 percent.

The Republican race in Kansas is more competitive: Trump in some polls has held a double-digit lead, but the most recent poll -- from Trafalgar Group -- shows Cruz trailing the GOP front-runner by just 6 percentage points.

As for the Democratic race, POLITICO's Daniel Strauss reports that Sanders is poised to have a good night in three of the four states where Democrats will vote on Saturday. Kansas, Maine, and Nebraska -- caucus states with large white populations -- could give Sanders a much-needed boost heading into the next Tuesday primary day, when Michigan voters head to the poll.

One state he isn't expecting to win, however, is Louisiana. Hillary Clinton holds a commanding lead in the state, up 47 points on the Vermont Senator in the most recent poll. African-Americans make up a large partl of the state's voting bloc, and those voters have so far provided Clinton with a strong showing in the South.