POWER RANKINGS: Here's who has the best chance at being our next president

Brett LoGiurato
Updated
Bernie Sanders Says Elizabeth Warren Would Be Qualified to Be His Vice President
Bernie Sanders Says Elizabeth Warren Would Be Qualified to Be His Vice President

The Republican and Democratic presidential primaries are heading into the home stretch of some of the lengthiest battles in both parties' recent histories.

There are signals on both sides that the race could drag on until the final primary day of June 7, when California votes. And for Republicans, at least, the fight could go to the convention floor in July.

Five candidates officially remain in the race — though only two have mathematically realistic chances of claiming their parties' respective nominations before their conventions.

Two of the three remaining GOP candidates — Sen. Ted Cruz Texas and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio — have mathematically impossible odds of obtaining enough delegates before the convention.

On the Democratic side, Sen. Bernie Sanders needs a seemingly improbable turn of events, given Democratic primary rules that give more of an edge to the frontrunner at this point.

Nevertheless, they are all powering on, looking to stop frontrunners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

With all that in mind, we take another look at who has the best chance of making it to the White House to succeed President Barack Obama.

Our rankings are based on the Real Clear Politics averages of national polls and those in states voting in upcoming contests (Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, and Indiana). We also factored in the candidates' delegate counts and their relative paths to the nomination, as well as their momentum (or lack thereof) over the past few weeks.

See where the candidates stand in the rankings:

All poll results as of Monday.

To the polls! First, here's a look at each candidate's national polling average.

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Here are the candidates' averages in upcoming states.

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And here are their total delegate counts so far.

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