Poll: Trump surges as Clinton holds steady among New York voters
Source: timesunion
Poll: Trump surges as Clinton holds steady among New York voters
By Matthew Hamilton on March 7, 2016 at 5:30 AM
..............A Siena College poll released Monday morning shows Trump surging in the primary matchup six weeks ahead of the day when New Yorkers will cast their primary ballots. The Manhattanite is pulling in 45 percent of the vote among GOPers. The next closest candidates are Marco Rubio and John Kasich, whose own surge has propelled him to 18 percent of the vote from 4 percent last month.
On the Democratic side, the numbers for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders didnt budge from February. Clinton leads 55-34 among Democrats.
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Clinton continues to win all head-to-head Democrat-Republican matchups. Sanders also wins against the four GOPers.
The introduction of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as a third-party candidate doesnt change Clintons success in a matchup against Trump. Both Clintons and Trumps numbers dip, but the former New York senator still emerges victorious with 42 percent of the vote to Trumps 25 percent and Bloombergs 26 percent.......................
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