RCP Opinion Poll shows Trump lead in Indiana Primary, Republican presidential primary, Indiana, Ted Cruz, Donald Trump , John Kasich,Opinion Polls US 2016, 2016 US Election

RCP Opinion Poll shows Trump lead in Indiana Republican Primary, Republican presidential primary, Indiana, Ted Cruz, Donald Trump , John Kasich,Opinion Polls US 2016, 2016 US Election

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz admits he’s putting all his eggs into Indiana, but a new poll suggests a win Tuesday in the Hoosier State’s Republican presidential primary against front-runner Donald Trump may be too high a mountain to climb.

“I'm barnstorming the state,” Cruz said on ABC's "This Week." “I'm in a bus with my family, doing everything we can to earn the votes of the men and the women in this state. We are competing hard here. I hope we do well here.”

He made the comments the same day as a new NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll showing Trump leading him by 15 percentage points in Indiana, 49-to-34 percent.

Cruz suggested last week that Indiana will decide the GOP presidential contest among him, Trump and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

Amid the latest polls, Cruz still stopped short Sunday of saying he must win Indiana to stay in the race after suggesting last week that it was make-or-break.

“It gives me great comfort that this primary is going to be decided by the Midwestern common sense of the Hoosier State,” Cruz told Fox News on Friday, though he did not say definitively whether he would drop out if he loses Indiana.

To be sure, much is at stake before Cruz beyond the 57 delegates up for grabs Tuesday.

He has so far won 10 state contests, but nothing since the Wisconsin primary in early April, while Trump has since won convincingly in New York and in the five Northeast states that held primaries last week.

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