New York’s presidential primary is set for April 19 – one of three sets of primary elections slated to take place in the state this year.
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The New York primary is more than two months away, but if it were held right now, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump would be the likely winners.
Four Republican presidential candidates are within two points of each other in New Hampshire in a poll released Sunday while businessman Donald Trump remained in front despite losing the Iowa caucuses.
If the primary election were held today, the poll suggests that Mrs. Clinton would defeat Sen. “And I think when Republicans and independents learn more about Bernie Sanders, were he to become the nominee, I think you’d see that fall off a little bit”, Greenberg predicted. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Texas Sen.
Clinton leads Democratic opponent Bernie Sanders 55 to 34 percent, statewide.
View the full poll results here.
“The response from New Hampshire voters, TV pundits and even our critics has been overwhelmingly positive”, strategist Mike DuHaime wrote in an email solicitation. “For upstate Republicans, this is a barnburner with Trump at 24 percent, followed by Cruz with 20 percent, (New Jersey Gov. Chris) Christie at 18 percent and Rubio with 17 percent”.
Against potential Republican challengers, the closest for Clinton is Florida Sen.
A snowstorm swept across the state but it did not slow down the last, tense full day of campaigning ahead of the primary.
The poll found that 64 percent of likely Democratic primary voters have definitely decided who they will vote for, while 21 percent said they are leaning toward a candidate and 15 percent are still trying to decide.
In a head-to-head match-up asked of all poll respondents, Clinton beat Trump by 57 percent to 32 percent, while Sanders was favored 63 percent to 30 percent over Trump. In that age group, Clinton leads 53 percent to 39 percent. The poll’s margin of error is listed at plus or minus 5.1 percentage points.
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With just days before the state’s primary on Tuesday, just under half of likely Republican voters – 49 percent – said they were completely committed to their candidate. The poll was conducted by the Monmouth University Polling Institute in West Long Branch, NJ.
