NBC Poll: Cruz Pulls Within 5 Points of Trump in SC

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has lost his double digit lead over second-place challenger Ted Cruz in South Carolina, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll released Friday, the day before the state's GOP primary.

Cruz has pulled within 5 points of Trump, who held a 16-point lead in the same poll a month ago.

Here's how the poll, conducted Feb. 15-17, breaks down:

• Donald Trump, 28 percent
• Ted Cruz, 23 percent
• Marco Rubio, 15 percent
• Jeb Bush, 13 percent
• John Kasich, 9 percent
• Ben Carson, 9 percent

In the race for the Democratic Party nod in the state's Feb. 27 primary, the poll shows Hillary Clinton retaining a double-digit lead over Bernie Sanders:

• Hillary Clinton, 60 percent
• Bernie Sanders, 32 percent