April 12, 2016, 02:57 pm
Trump's support at 50 percent in Connecticut
By Rebecca Savransky

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has a 24-point lead in Connecticut, with 50 percent support of likely GOP primary voters, according to a new Emerson College Polling Society survey released Tuesday.

If the front-runner surpasses 50 percent, he could sweep all 28 of the state's delegates in the April 26 GOP primary.

Rival John Kasich is in second place in the new poll, with 26 percent of the vote.

Ted Cruz comes in last at 17 percent. If the Texas senator fails to break 20 percent of the statewide or congressional district vote, he may not secure any of Connecticut's delegates.

Trump also leads in all five congressional districts, followed by the Ohio governor and then Cruz.

Kasich is viewed more favorably than either Trump or Cruz among GOP voters, however, according to the poll. He has a 67 percent favorable rating and 30 percent unfavorable rating. Trump polls at 57 percent favorable and 40 percent unfavorable. Cruz has ratings of 38 percent favorable and 57 percent unfavorable.

Pollsters also said Kasich would beat Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton in a head-to-head matchup by 11 points. Kasich would beat Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders by 8 points.

Clinton and Sanders would both beat either Trump or Cruz in general election match-ups, pollsters found.

The poll, conducted April 10–11, has a 5.2 percentage point margin of error for likely primary voters. The margin of error for general election voters is 3 percentage points.

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