New York votes as Hillary seeks much-needed win
New York votes as Hillary seeks much-needed win
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has the support of a record 40 per cent Republican voters while his Democratic counterpart Hillary Clinton is engaged in a tough national contest with Senator Bernie Sanders, according to a latest poll.
Mr Trump has the support of 40 per cent of the Republican primary voters and is followed closely by Senator Ted Cruz with 35 per cent and Ohio governor John Kasich with 24 per cent, according to the latest opinion poll by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal.
Meanwhile, in the Democratic party, Mr Sanders (46. 3 per cent) has all but eliminated Ms Clinton’s (47.7 per cent) primary polling lead, it said. In a hypothetical match-up, Ms Clinton defeats Mr Trump with 50 per cent to 39 per cent.
Voting took place on Tuesday in the New York primaries with Ms Clinton and Mr Trump favourites to win the state. A big win for Ms Clinton would stall the momentum generated by Mr Sanders, who has won seven out of the last eight state nominating contests.
Meanwhilem gaffe-prone Mr Trump, who has made his advocacy for New York City after the 9/11 terror attacks central to his run for the White House, accidentally referred to it as 7/11 — a popular chain of convenience stores.
“Because I was down there and I watched our police and our firemen down at 7/11, down at the World Trade Centre right after it came down. And I saw the greatest people I’ve ever seen in action,” he said at a campaign rally at the First Niagra Centre in downtown Buffalo.
