Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are continuing their stronghold on the upcoming New York primary election, according to a new
Sienna College poll of likely primary voters released Wednesday.
The poll, conducted April 6-11 of 538 likely Democratic primary voters and 469 likely Republican primary voters, showed:
Republicans:
- Trump, 50 percent;
- Ohio Gov. John Kasich, 27 percent;
- Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, 17 percent.
Democrats:
- Clinton, 52 percent;
- Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, 42 percent.
Four out of the five candidates marked positive favorability rates, with only Cruz's numbers coming out negative:
- Sanders, 75-20 percent;
- Clinton, 73-25 percent;
- Trump, 58-38 percent;
- Kasich, 57-31 percent;
- Cruz, 40-55 percent.
Trump's leads came from:
Women, 19 points,
- New York City, 34 points;
- Downstate suburbs, 20 points;
- Upstate, 23 percent.
Meanwhile, the poll showed that most Democrats, along with one-third of Republicans, think Clinton will be the next president.
Democrats:
- 48 percent, Clinton;
- 10 percent, Sanders;
- 10 percent, Trump.
Republicans:
- 40 percent, Trump;
- 33 percent, Clinton.
The poll carried a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points for Democrats and 5 percentage points for Republicans.
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