Both Donald Trump, who spoke at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, in January, and Hillary Clinton have significant leads on their closest rivals in the latest Virginia polling. | AP Photo Poll: Trump, Clinton have big leads in Virginia

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are far ahead of their nearest competitors in Virginia, according to a new Monmouth University poll.

The real estate mogul drew the support of 41 percent of likely GOP primary voters in the state, which holds its primary on Super Tuesday next week along with a handful of southern states. He is followed by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio with 27 percent. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz comes in a distant third with 14 percent, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson each took 7 percent.


But the race is still fluid with only one in three (36 percent) Republicans surveyed having completely decided who they will vote for on Tuesday. Forty percent indicated they have a strong preference but remain open, 12 percent had a slight preference, and 12 percent were undecided.

On the Democratic side, Clinton drew nearly double the support from likely Democratic primary voters than Bernie Sanders, 60 percent to 33 percent, respectively.

And in what could be a good sign for Clinton, 47 percent of likely Democratic respondents said they were set on their candidate and 29 percent had a strong preference but remain open. Ten percent had a slight preference and 13 percent said they were completely undecided.

The telephone poll was conducted Feb. 22-24 and included 723 likely primary voters. Of those, 421 were likely Republican primary voters with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 percentage points. For 302 likely Democratic primary voters, there was a margin of error of plus or minus 5.6 percentage points.