20 percent of Donald Trump supporters disagreed with freeing of slaves after Civil War

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That's what recent national data shows from YouGov, according to the New York Times.

According to exit poll data from South Carolina, 74 percent of voters polled favored a temporary ban on Muslims who are not citizens from entering the country. Trump reportedly won 41 percent of this group.

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Trump won the Nevada Caucuses handily Tuesday at nearly 46 percent, nearly doubling the output of Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, who finished second and third respectively.

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Lynn Vavreck of the New York Times writes that data from YouGov and Public Policy Polling shows the extent to which Trump "has tapped into a set of deeply rooted racial attitudes."

USA TODAY's David Jackson says that Trump is now the "undisputed front-runner" in the GOP field.

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The numbers don't lie. Trump's momentum ahead of Super Tuesday is at an all-time high.

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