--- title: New York Primary: Clinton, Trump Lead in New York Poll description: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both hold strong leads in New York, a week away from the state's April 19 primary, according to a new poll canonical: https://time.com/4290390/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-lead-poll-new-york-primary/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-12T12:27:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:22.503Z article:section: Politics og:title: Clinton, Trump Hold Strong Lead in New York Before Primary og:description: The state will vote on April 19 og:url: https://time.com/4290390/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-lead-poll-new-york-primary/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68c48aeb8279fde1/69888eb0a988ca039b6b75e9/hillary-clinton-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3821 og:image:height: 2149 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton Holds Conversation On Gun Violence On Long Island og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Clinton, Trump Hold Strong Lead in New York Before Primary twitter:description: The state will vote on April 19 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68c48aeb8279fde1/69888eb0a988ca039b6b75e9/hillary-clinton-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Clinton, Trump Hold Strong Lead in New York Before Primary > Sponsored content. 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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves during a conversation on gun violence at the Landmark Theater on April 11 in Port Washington, New York. Andrew Theodorakis—Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Apr 12, 2016 12:27 PM UTC Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton [both hold strong leads in New York](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/nbc-poll-trump-clinton-hold-sizable-leads-new-york-n554311?nl=morning-briefing&em%5Fpos=large&emc=edit%5Fnn%5F20160412), one week away from the state’s April 19 primary, according to a new poll. The NBC News/Wall Street Journal /Marist poll showed Trump supported by 54% of likely Republican primary voters, followed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich at 21% and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz at 18%. An overwhelming 64% of respondents also said the Republican party should still nominate Trump if he wins the most delegates but fails to reach the 1,237 required for the nomination. By comparison, 28% said the party should nominate someone else if that happens, and 8% were unsure. On the Democratic side, Clinton, who was a U.S. Senator from New York, has the support of 55% of likely Democratic primary voters, compared to Bernie Sanders’s 41%. The former secretary of state leads among African Americans and women, while the Vermont senator leads among people younger than 45 and people who describe themselves as “very liberal.” Notably, 30% of likely Democratic voters who support Sanders said they would not support Clinton in a general election. Just 15% of Clinton supporters said the same about voting for Sanders. The poll—conducted between April 6 and April 10—surveyed 557 likely Democratic primary voters with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points, 259 likely Republican primary voters with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.1 percentage points, and 1,987 registered voters with margins of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4290390/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-lead-poll-new-york-primary/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4290390/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-lead-poll-new-york-primary/"},"headline":"Clinton, Trump Hold Strong Lead in New York Before Primary","datePublished":"2016-04-12T12:27:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:22.503Z","description":"The state will vote on April 19","url":"https://time.com/4290390/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-lead-poll-new-york-primary/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68c48aeb8279fde1/69888eb0a988ca039b6b75e9/hillary-clinton-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68c48aeb8279fde1/69888eb0a988ca039b6b75e9/hillary-clinton-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton Holds Conversation On Gun Violence On Long Island","caption":"Hillary Clinton Holds Conversation On Gun Violence On Long Island","creditText":"Andrew Theodorakis—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4290390/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-lead-poll-new-york-primary/","name":"Clinton, Trump Hold Strong Lead in New York Before Primary"}}]}] ```