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“All I'm gonna say is, a solid margin. I don’t think it’s gonna be close,” Bill de Blasio said in an interview with CNN's "New Day." | AP Photo De Blasio on N.Y. primary: 'I don’t think it’s gonna be close'

The mayor of New York City thinks Hillary Clinton will crush Bernie Sanders in his state’s primary Tuesday.

“All I'm gonna say is, a solid margin. I don’t think it’s gonna be close,” Bill de Blasio said in an interview with CNN's "New Day."

De Blasio, a vocal supporter of Clinton, was making the rounds on radio and television early Tuesday to talk up the former secretary of state.

“We've learned this season not to listen too much to pollsters there’s been some real surprising results, but the consistency of these polls has been striking,” de Blasio said. “And the response we're getting on the ground for Hillary has been overwhelming.”

Polls show Clinton ahead of Sanders by double digits in New York, though the race has tightened in recent weeks. The RealClearPolitics polling average has her 12 percentage points ahead of him in the state.

When de Blasio was asked about the base of his party energized by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the mayor said that supporters should just look to Clinton’s platform, which he called “one of the most progressive platforms” of a president—which he believes she will be—in half a century.