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riversedge

(70,215 posts)
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 12:49 PM Mar 2016

Hillary Clinton would crush Donald Trump in a New York State general election matchup: poll

You go gal.





http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-big-new-york-state-poll-article-1.2555213

Hillary Clinton would crush Donald Trump in a New York State general election matchup: poll



BY Adam Edelman
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Monday, March 7, 2016, 11:19 AM


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Despite holding a wide lead among Republican New York voters in the race for the GOP nomination, Donald Trump would get crushed in a hypothetical general election matchup with Hillary Clinton in the state, a new poll released Monday shows.

Clinton would beat the outspoken real estate magnate in the Empire State 57% to 34%, the latest Siena Research Institute poll found.

In such a matchup, registered Democrats overwhelmingly support the former secretary of state (80% to 15%), and registered Republicans overwhelmingly support the Trump (71%, to 19%), while independent voters lean toward Clinton (45% to 38%), according to the poll.

The former secretary of state would also beat Marco Rubio (56% to 35%), Ted Cruz (58% to 33%) and John Kasich (49% to 42%), who would give Clinton her best competition, the poll of 800 registered New York voters showed.......................

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Hillary Clinton would crush Donald Trump in a New York State general election matchup: poll (Original Post) riversedge Mar 2016 OP
K&R! stonecutter357 Mar 2016 #1
It's New York ibegurpard Mar 2016 #2
Good, because it looks like Trump will be the nominee pandr32 Mar 2016 #3
It will be a smackdown. riversedge Mar 2016 #5
I would think so! pandr32 Mar 2016 #6
Well she should run for Governor of NY then. bahrbearian Mar 2016 #4
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