Published: March 04, 2008

McCain Appears Set for Victory in Ohio, Texas

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Editor: Alan Gray, NewsBlaze

In Ohio, McCain Leads Huckabee 59 to 29%; In Texas, 57 to 29%

WASHINGTON - Republican front-runner John McCain, an Arizona senator, appeared to be cruising to victories in both states, which could move him close to clinching the nomination, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll released on Tuesday.

McCain has big double-digit leads in both states over his last remaining major rival, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, and the wins could put him close to accumulating the 1,191 delegates needed. The delegates choose the party nominee at the September nominating convention.

In Ohio, McCain leads Huckabee 59 percent to 29 percent, and in Texas he has a 57 percent to 29 percent advantage on Huckabee. Texas Rep. Ron Paul, a libertarian opponent of the Iraq war, has 6 percent in Texas and 5 percent in Ohio.

The rolling poll was conducted Saturday through Monday.

The poll of 712 likely Republican voters in Ohio had a margin of error of 3.7 percentage points. The survey of 704 voters in Texas had a margin of error of 3.8 percentage points.

In a rolling poll, the most recent day's results are added and the oldest day's results are dropped to track changing momentum.

Source: Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll