超級星期二初選前夕希拉里和川普居領先地位

The race to be the next president of the United States has its most important day so far Tuesday as candidates compete in 13 states. Those trailing in polls hope to make major moves to catch a pair of frontrunners who lead by double digits.

Tuesday is hugely important for Republicans with businessman Donald Trump riding a three-state winning streak and favored in 10 of the so-called "Super Tuesday" states. Trump trails only in the southern state of Texas, where Senator Ted Cruz hopes to capture his home turf.

The key will not be how many states Trump wins, but how well Cruz and fellow Senator Marco Rubio perform.

In the Democratic race, a cnn/ORC poll released Monday showed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton widening her national lead over Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders at 55 to 38 percent. Clinton also has a huge lead in the Democratic delegates awarded so far.本週二是美國總統競選至今最重要的一天，參選人要在13個州的初選中展開較量。在民調中落後的參選人希望在這天的初選中有重大斬獲，追上以兩位數領先的競爭對手。
星期二對共和黨參選人川普意義重大，他此前已連續在3場初選中獲勝，並在參加所謂“超級星期二”的10個州的民調中居領先地位。川普只在德克薩斯州落後於來自該州的聯邦參議員克魯茲。

超級星期二的看點不在於川普能拿下幾個州，而在於克魯茲和佛羅里達州聯邦參議員魯比奧的表現如何。

在民主黨方面，美國有線電視新聞網和民意研究公司星期一公佈的聯合民調結果顯示，前國務卿希拉里·克林頓對佛蒙特州聯邦參議員桑德斯的領先優勢擴大到了55%比38%。到目前爲止，希拉里·克林頓獲得的民主黨代表票數也遠遠超過桑德斯。