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Ted Cruz has had a disappointing few weeks since winning the Iowa GOP caucuses. He was outshone by John Kasich in New Hampshire. Then he lost South Carolina to Donald Trump, a state rich in the conservative evangelical voters who were supposed to be his ticket to the nomination, before placing third in Nevada’s caucuses. Cruz was overshadowed by Marco Rubio in Thursday’s debate. And talk is rife on cable news that he soon could, and probably should, drop out of the race.

Poll: Trump hits new high among registered Republicans

GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump now has the support of 40 percent of registered Republicans, gaining 4 points in an NBC News | Survey Monkey national weekly tracking poll to reach a new high as voters go to the polls on Super Tuesday.

Marco Rubio added 5 points following his performance in the latest Republican debate to stand at 21 percent in the online poll, released early Tuesday morning.

Poll: Clinton, Sanders would beat Trump

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders would both defeat GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump in a general election, according to a new poll.

Clinton tops Trump in a hypothetical matchup, 52 to 44 percent, in the CNN/ORC survey released early Tuesday.

With Donald Trump leading in the polls ahead of the Super Tuesday contests, many establishment Republicans have suggested that either Marco Rubio or Ted Cruz could stop Trump if the race were reduced to a one-on-one contest. Cruz and Rubio have also made this appeal, but are they right?

After a contentious primary season with huge surprises in both the Democratic and Republican races, Super Tuesday could bring some clarity to the 2016 election. Voters will convene for primaries or caucuses in more than a dozen states on Tuesday, and a significant chunk of delegates are at stake in both the GOP and Democratic races.

It’s the single biggest day of voting until November in terms of states in play (11 on each side, plus a territory for the Democrats) and delegates at stake (595 for the Republicans, and 1,015 Democratic delegates in the states voting Tuesday).

No candidate can wrap up the nomination on Super Tuesday. But the frontrunners are expected to put some serious distance between themselves and their closest competitors. And the regional focus of the day -– seven Southern states vote on Tuesday -– raises the stakes for several candidates.

Donald Trump Finds Ally in Delegate Selection System, Much to G.O.P.’s Chagrin

Memo to Republican leaders: Be careful what you wish for.

Hoping to avoid a repeat of the messy fight for the Republican nomination in 2012, the party drew up a calendar and delegate-selection rules intended to allow a front-runner to wrap things up quickly.