The political circus is back in town: April 19 New York primary will be one of the most competitive

Crain's New York Business ^ | April 3, 2016 | Rosa Goldensohn

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GOP front-runner Donald Trump isn't very popular among New York City voters.

Come one, come all, to the greatest show in town: New York's presidential primaries, competitive for both parties for the first time in memory. New Yorkers are in for a circus leading up to the April 19 elections.

Hillary Clinton needs to win and win big in her adopted home state. She kicked off her primary rounds here in Harlem and then headed upstate, working her base of black voters, older women and moderates, while Mayor Bill de Blasio, who ran Clinton's first Senate campaign in 2000, was on the radio last week defending her environmental record.

Bernie Sanders will put up a fight on the ground, hoping high voter turnout will tilt the result his way. He rallied 18,500 people in the South Bronx last week, according to his campaign, and his field operation may get a shot in the arm from the state's activist Working Families Party, says veteran Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf.

The primary will test the Working Families' turnout machine, Sheinkopf said, and could hurt Clinton even if she wins. "If it's close, that's a real problem for her," he said. "This should be a walkaway."

Donald Trump's name may be plastered across Manhattan in oversize brass letters on ice rinks and apartment buildings, but Trump's appeal in cosmopolitan New York City is thin. He's likely to spend his time outside the city with upstate allies, including his early backer in Buffalo, real estate developer and 2010 gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino. The Amazing Donald holds a jaw-droppingly unfavorable rating of 74% among likely city voters....

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Yea. all the 3rd place wins. Sarcasm works when it has truth in it. You fail.

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Florida, Ohio...want me to continue?

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Forever, I hope :)

She knows everything. I just live here /s :)