New York Primary Election 2016 Poll: Donald Trump Hits 60 Percent in Empire State, Hillary Clinton Leads by Double Digits
Donald Trump has sprinted out to 60 percent of the vote and a 43-point lead in the fast-approaching New York state primary. The overall Republican front-runner now leads Ohio Gov. John Kasich in his home state 60 percent to 17 percent among likely GOP voters, with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz mired at just 14 percent.
"Trump is just killing it," said Baruch College pollster Mickey Blum.
Added fellow pollster Doug Muzzio, "Every demographic group goes for him. Every geographic group, every socio-economic group. And with large majorities. Cruz ain't doing it. And Kasich ain't doing it."
Trump Could win all 95 New York Delegates
Such dominating projections have Trump in line to potentially sweep all the state's 95 delegates. To officially do so, he would need to register at least 50 percent of the vote in each of the state's 27 congressional districts.
"This could really be his road to getting enough to win it outright before he ever gets to that convention," added Blum, noting that Trump's momentum had seemed to stall a bit after he recently dropped Wisconsin to Cruz.
Clinton Leads Sanders by Double Digits
On the Democratic side, party front-runner and former New York Sen. Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders by 13-points, at 50 percent to 37 percent.
As has been the case throughout the campaign, Sanders continues to score well among young people, while Clinton bags two of every three voters over the age of 65.
The poll also shows both Clinton and Sanders top Trump across the state in any potential general election match-up. In such a scenario, Clinton leads Trump 51 percent to 35 percent, while Sanders fares even better at 54 percent to 32 percent.
Overall, pollsters found Trump has nearly a 60 percent unfavorable rating among general election voters, a figure that's much higher than the negative reaction voters have for either Clinton or Sanders.
On the flip side, the poll finds Trump's supporters are among the most loyal voters set to take to the polls, with a majority of them insisting that if he fails to secure the GOP nomination they would like to see him launch a third party run.
Meanwhile, a recent Washington Post-Univision national poll found that 80 percent of all Hispanic voters have a negative view of Trump, who has pledged to deport some 11 million immigrants if he is elected.
When pared face to face against Clinton, the poll found the bombastic real estate mogul would lose the Hispanic vote by a 73 percent to 16 percent margin. Against Sanders, the results are virtually the same, with the liberal-minded Vermont senator besting him by 56 points.
The New York poll was conducted over a five day period beginning April 5, and randomly sampled 1,597 adults across the state.
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