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Hillary Clinton addresses the a rally at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. | AP Photo Poll: Clinton leads Sanders by 13 points in Pennsylvania

Hillary Clinton commands a solid double-digit lead over Bernie Sanders among likely Democratic voters in Pennsylvania, according to the results of the latest Monmouth University poll released Wednesday.

The former secretary of state, who won a resounding victory in her home state of New York on Tuesday night, picked up 52 percent, while Sanders earned 39 percent. Another 7 percent said they are still undecided between the two candidates.

Clinton's blocs of support in Pennsylvania mirror those elsewhere, with 61 percent to 32 percent of women preferring her over Sanders. Among men, Sanders leads 50 percent to 41 percent. Sanders, who has traditionally outperformed Clinton among younger voters, leads by just two points (48 percent to 46 percent) among those younger than 50. With voters older than 50, Clinton leads by 24 points—57 percent to 33 percent.

Pennsylvania is one of five states that votes Tuesday, along with Delaware, Maryland, Rhode Island and Connecticut, where a Quinnipiac University poll out Wednesday showed Clinton with a nine-point edge.

In a hypothetical matchup between Clinton, Republican front-runner Donald Trump and a generic independent candidate, 81 percent said they would vote for the Democratic nominee, while 11 percent said they would go for Trump. Another 3 percent said they would support the independent candidate, while 3 percent said they would not vote. In a general election matchup between Sanders, Trump and an independent, support for the Vermont senator is slightly lower, at 78 percent, though well within the survey's margin of error.

The poll was conducted April 17-19 via landlines and cellphones, surveying 302 likely Democratic voters drawn from a list of registered voters who participated in one of the two previous Democratic primaries, both of the last two general elections or who registered since 2014. The margin of error is plus or minus 5.6 percentage points.