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Poll: Trump, Clinton ride momentum into Connecticut

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton enjoy the support of roughly half of likely Connecticut primary voters in their respective parties, according to the results of the latest Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.

Trump’s level of support among likely Republican voters is 48 percent, outperforming by 20 points his nearest competitor, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who earned 28 points. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz finished a distant third with 19 percent and 5 percent undecided.

It looks as though Trump will win every New York county except for Manhattan. More importantly, it looks as though he’ll eventually get something like 90 delegates of the 95 available in New York, winning all but one congressional district (he’s down by 70 votes to Kasich in the 12th congressional district on the East Side of Manhattan with all precincts reporting) and finishing above 50 percent in all but a handful of them. That’s right in line with the deliberately optimistic path-to-1,237 projections that we outlined for Trump last week, which had him finishing with 91 delegates in New York.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Win Easily in New York Primary

Donald J. Trump wrested back control of the Republican presidential race on Tuesday with a commanding victory in the New York primary, while Hillary Clinton dealt a severe blow to Senator Bernie Sanders with an unexpectedly strong win that led her to declare that the Democratic nomination was “in sight.”

The Queens-born, Manhattan-made Mr. Trump was poised to take most of the 95 Republican delegates at stake, substantially adding to his current lead over Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and significantly improving his chances of winning the Republican nomination.

Dems fear their primary has reached danger zone

Anxiety is rising among Democrats ahead of Tuesday’s primary in New York, with some fearing the battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders has reached a danger zone.

Sanders has leveled some of his most biting criticism at Clinton in recent days, stirring passions in the race that insiders say could leave the party divided heading into November’s elections.

Bernie Sanders’s Campaign Past Reveals Willingness to Play Hardball

During the 1986 race for governor of Vermont, Bernie Sanders bristled at the popularity of the Democratic incumbent, Madeleine Kunin. Mr. Sanders, who was running against her as an independent, saw himself as a leader, and viewed Ms. Kunin as a lightweight.

“She does very well on television,” he told one interviewer. “She has an excellent press secretary.”

For the two front-runners in the Republican and Democratic presidential nomination races, there’s no place like home.

Polls show Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump with double-digit leads heading into the New York primary on Tuesday, and both candidates are hoping that strong victories on their home-court will reset their respective races and catapult them toward the finish line.