Despite recent headlines about shifting momentum in Iowa and New Hampshire, both Democratic and Republican front-runners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump still show comfortable leads in the upcoming South Carolina primaries.
According to the most recent state polling numbers from RealClearPolitics, Clinton maintains a 33-point lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders. In comparison, Clinton is ahead of Sanders by just 0.6 points in Iowa and is losing to Sanders in New Hampshire by 14.7 points.
On the Republican side in South Carolina, Trump is ahead by 16.5 points and he is followed most closely by Sen. Ted Cruz. Trump's lead over Cruz is just 5.7 points in Iowa, though he is ahead of Cruz by 19.7 points in New Hampshire.
The South Carolina Republican primary will be held on Feb. 20, and the South Carolina Democratic primary will be held on Feb. 27. Both are open primaries.