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Hillary Clinton has a comfortable lead over Donald Trump in New York state heading into the November election, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday, July 19, 2016. Trump has opened a wide lead among Upstate voters, but it's not enough to overcome Clinton's lead in New York City.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Donald Trump has opened a wide lead over Hillary Clinton in Upstate New York, but Clinton would win the larger battle for the Empire State in the 2016 presidential race, according to a new poll released Tuesday.

Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is favored by likely voters 48 percent to 36 percent over Clinton in Upstate New York, according to the Quinnipiac University poll.

But thanks to overwhelming support from Democrats in New York City, Clinton would easily win statewide with 47 percent to 35 percent for Trump, the Quinnipiac poll found.

The poll is the latest to confirm that Clinton has a commanding lead in New York, a state that both candidates call home and have vowed to win in the November election.

Trump, the Manhattan businessman, and Clinton, New York's former two-term U.S. senator, both suffer from disapproving voters on their home turf, the poll found. Overall, Clinton is viewed unfavorably by 52 percent of voters, while 61 percent have an unfavorable view of Trump.

The poll of 1,104 New York voters was conducted Wednesday through Sunday by live interviewers who called land lines and cell phones. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

The Quinnipiac pollsters found voters of all age groups favor Clinton, with her strongest showing among those ages 18 to 34, who favor the presumptive Democratic nominee 53 percent to 18 percent.

The poll also found a wide gender gap, with women overwhelmingly supporting Clinton (54-28 percent) while men lean toward Trump (44 percent to 40 percent), Quinnipiac pollsters said.

Clinton also had an edge among independent voters (41 percent to 35 percent) who are not enrolled in a political party.

"As Republicans rally in Cleveland and Democrats prepare for their Philadelphia convention, Hillary Clinton seems to have her adopted home state votes safely locked up," said Quinnipiac's Maurice Carroll said in a statement.

Trump has repeatedly said that New York will be one of his keys to winning the White House, and he will put the state in play in the presidential election.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich echoed that confidence on Monday when he spoke to the New York delegation at the Republican National Convention.

The poll also found U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., with a commanding lead (60-28 percent) over Republican challenger Wendy Long in his re-election bid.

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