--- title: Hillary Clinton Expands New York Lead, Poll Shows description: With the support of 57 percent of likely Democratic primary voters. canonical: https://time.com/4295244/clinton-poll-new-york/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-14T21:26:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:46:12.619Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Expands New York Lead, Poll Shows og:description: With the support of 57% of likely Democratic primary voters og:url: https://time.com/4295244/clinton-poll-new-york/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b089bfb0e3a1de2/69888f320b72e35a246e8f39/clinton-ny-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton Campaigns In The Bronx Ahead Of NY Primary og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Expands New York Lead, Poll Shows twitter:description: With the support of 57% of likely Democratic primary voters twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b089bfb0e3a1de2/69888f320b72e35a246e8f39/clinton-ny-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Expands New York Lead, Poll Shows by [Mark Murray / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Mark Murray / NBC News Apr 14, 2016 9:26 PM UTC  Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks on during a Bronx Organizing Event on April 13, 2016 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Hillary Clinton is campaigning in New York ahead of Tuesday's primary. Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks on during a Bronx Organizing Event on April 13, 2016 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Hillary Clinton is campaigning in New York ahead of Tuesday's primary.Justin Sullivan—Getty Images by [Mark Murray / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Mark Murray / NBC News Apr 14, 2016 9:26 PM UTC Hillary Clinton has expanded her lead over Bernie Sanders in New York’s April 19 Democratic presidential primary, according to[ a new NBC 4 New York/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll.](https://www.scribd.com/doc/308668135/WNBC-New-York-Democratic-Primary-Poll?secret%5Fpassword=scJVrBY17fqq1WHyvBkA) Clinton gets support of 57 percent of likely Democratic primary voters in the poll, while Sanders gets 40 percent. That 17-point lead for Clinton is [an increase from Monday’s NBC/WSJ/Marist survey](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/nbc-poll-trump-clinton-hold-sizable-leads-new-york-n554311) (conducted by the same pollster), which found the former secretary of state ahead, 55 percent to 41 percent, though the change is within the margin of error. In this most recent poll, Clinton leads among both women (60 percent to 37 percent) and men (53 percent to 44 percent), those 45 or older… [_Read the rest of this story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/poll-clinton-s-lead-new-york-grows-n556201?cid=par-time%5F20160414) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4295244/clinton-poll-new-york/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4295244/clinton-poll-new-york/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Expands New York Lead, Poll Shows","datePublished":"2016-04-14T21:26:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:46:12.619Z","description":"With the support of 57% of likely Democratic primary voters","url":"https://time.com/4295244/clinton-poll-new-york/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Bernie Sanders","People"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b089bfb0e3a1de2/69888f320b72e35a246e8f39/clinton-ny-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mark Murray / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b089bfb0e3a1de2/69888f320b72e35a246e8f39/clinton-ny-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton Campaigns In The Bronx Ahead Of NY Primary","caption":"Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks on during a Bronx Organizing Event on April 13, 2016 in the Bronx borough of New York City. 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