--- title: Donald Trump New York Primary Leading the Poll description: Trump is is getting support from 54% of the likely Republican voters and John Kasich is in second place. canonical: https://time.com/4296572/donald-trump-new-york-primary/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-15T21:24:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:48:10.117Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Still Way Ahead in New York Primary Race og:description: John Kasich is projected to come in second place og:url: https://time.com/4296572/donald-trump-new-york-primary/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf77df974e9d1d642/69888f5b524fc021c3df798e/donald-trump-new-york-primary-dominates.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican Presidential Candidates Attend NY GOP Gala In New York City og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Still Way Ahead in New York Primary Race twitter:description: John Kasich is projected to come in second place twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf77df974e9d1d642/69888f5b524fc021c3df798e/donald-trump-new-york-primary-dominates.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Still Way Ahead in New York Primary Race by [Carrie Dann / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Carrie Dann / NBC News Apr 15, 2016 9:24 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends the 2016 annual New York State Republican Gala on April 14, 2016 in New York City. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends the 2016 annual New York State Republican Gala on April 14, 2016 in New York City.Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images by [Carrie Dann / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Carrie Dann / NBC News Apr 15, 2016 9:24 PM UTC Donald Trump continues to dominate the Republican presidential primary contest in New York, while Ohio Gov. John Kasich is solidifying his position as the second-place candidate in the state’s race, according to a new[ NBC 4 New York/ Wall Street Journal/ Marist poll.](http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A%5FPolitics/NBC%204%20NY%5FWSJ%5FMarist%20Poll%20New%20York%20Annotated%20Questionnaire%5FApril%202016.pdf) The poll shows Trump getting the support of 54 percent of the state’s likely Republican primary voters, unchanged from an NBC News/ Wall Street Journal / Marist poll published Monday, which was conducted by the same pollster. Kasich now garners 25 percent support, with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in third place at 16 percent. Kasich’s nine-point margin over Cruz has increased from… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/poll-trump-dominates-gop-field-new-york-kasich-second-n556736?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4296572/donald-trump-new-york-primary/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4296572/donald-trump-new-york-primary/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Still Way Ahead in New York Primary Race","datePublished":"2016-04-15T21:24:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:48:10.117Z","description":"New poll shows real estate magnate holding 29-point lead over second-place John Kasich","url":"https://time.com/4296572/donald-trump-new-york-primary/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf77df974e9d1d642/69888f5b524fc021c3df798e/donald-trump-new-york-primary-dominates.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Carrie Dann / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf77df974e9d1d642/69888f5b524fc021c3df798e/donald-trump-new-york-primary-dominates.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican Presidential Candidates Attend NY GOP Gala In New York City","caption":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends the 2016 annual New York State Republican Gala on April 14, 2016 in New York City.","creditText":"Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/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/4296572/donald-trump-new-york-primary/","name":"Donald Trump Still Way Ahead in New York Primary Race"}}]}] ```