SHARE

Poll Finds Chappaqua's Clinton Leads Sanders In NY; Trump Ahead In GOP Race

Chappaqua’s Hillary Clinton is leading chief rival Bernie Sanders among Democratic voters, and Bedford’s Donald Trump is ahead of Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio with Republicans, according to the latest Siena poll.

Chappaqua's Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders of Vermont among Democrats polled by the Siena Research Institute.

Chappaqua's Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders of Vermont among Democrats polled by the Siena Research Institute.

Photo Credit: File Photo
Donald Trump is ahead of Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio among Republicans polled by the Siena Research Institute.

Donald Trump is ahead of Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio among Republicans polled by the Siena Research Institute.

Photo Credit: File

The Siena Research Institute, based in Loudonville, also found that nearly half of all New Yorkers – including two-thirds of Democrats -- it polled think Clinton will be the next president.

Meanwhile, nearly three-quarters of those polled still think jobs, the economy, and national security are the top three issues for all presidential candidates.

Clinton, a former U.S. secretary of state and U.S. senator from New York, leads Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, 55-34 in a head-to-head matchup with New Yorkers.

On the Republican side, the poll found, billionaire real-estate mogul Trump has the support of 34 percent of New York Republicans, while Rubio, a  U.S. senator from Florida, and Cruz, a U.S. senator from Texas, each have the support of 16 percent. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is the only other Republican in double digits with 11 percent support, the poll said.

When put up against GOP numbers, Clinton leads six leading Republican candidates by between 17 and 26 points, while Sanders runs up even bigger leads of between 22 and 33 points, the poll found.

Siena pollster Steven Greenberg noted that New York is highly likely to remain a blue (Democratic) state in the general election.

It hasn’t gone Republican in the presidential race since Ronald Reagan won in 1984, Greenburg said, and isn’t likely to break that streak this year.

For more results of the latest poll, or for more information about the institute, click here.

to follow Daily Voice Armonk and receive free news updates.

SCROLL TO NEXT ARTICLE