BEREA, Ohio - Is John Kasich country now Donald Trump country?

Trump would handily defeat Kasich in Ohio - 62 percent to 27 percent - if they were again facing each other in a Republican presidential primary, according to results released Monday of a statewide poll conducted by Baldwin Wallace University.

This is in stark contrast to two years ago, when the Ohio governor won the GOP primary in the Buckeye State, outpolling Trump - 47 percent to 36 percent.

Since then, Kasich has kept his name in the national spotlight, frequently appearing on the Sunday national news shows, raising speculation that he would consider another run for president in 2020. He is prevented from running again for governor because of term limits.

Baldwin Wallace University's Community Research Institute interviewed 1,011 registered voters statewide from Feb. 28 through March 9. The poll has a margin of error of 3 percentage points overall, but a higher margin of error of 6 percentage points for the smaller group who answered GOP primary questions.

Though Kasich's support among Republicans trails that of Trump, he does better among all registered voters in Ohio, according to the poll.

Asked if they would vote for the Republican Kasich or an unspecified Democrat in the presidential election, 41 percent of those surveyed said Kasich, 20 percent said a Democrat, 12 percent said a third-party candidate, and the rest were unsure.

This is far better than Trump against the generic Democrat, with Trump holding a 34 percent to 32 percent lead, which is within the margin of error.

Trump support slips some

Though Trump still enjoys a plurality of support in Ohio vs. the generic Democrat, his popularity has waned some since the election, the polling found.

Trump in 2016 defeated Hillary Clinton, 52 percent to 44 percent, the widest margin of victory in Ohio for a Republican presidential candidate since George H.W. Bush's 11-point win over Michael Dukakis in 1988.

Among those polled who reported voting for Trump in 2016, 56 percent said Trump still had their full support and 32 percent said Trump still has some of their support.

Smaller numbers said Trump is losing their support (7 percent) or lost their support (4 percent).

Gubernatorial election:

In this year's gubernatorial race, the generic Republican holds a 5-point lead over the generic Democrat - 32 percent to 27 percent, according to the Baldwin Wallace poll.

Significantly, however, nearly 40 percent said they were unsure how they would vote. The primary is still nearly two months away.

Republicans have won six of the last seven gubernatorial elections in Ohio dating back to 1990, with the lone Democratic win coming from Ted Strickland in 2006. Ohio is more split politically in presidential election years.

The Baldwin Wallace poll did not ask questions about specific gubernatorial candidates.

Rich Exner, data analysis editor for cleveland.com, writes about numbers on a variety of topics. Follow on Twitter @RichExner.