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Ted Cruz’s campaign is urging Donald Trump to leave the race if he doesn't get 50 percent in New York. | Getty Cruz campaign manager: Trump should drop out if he doesn't get 50 percent in New York

Ted Cruz’s campaign is setting some awfully high expectations for Donald Trump in New York: Get at least 50 percent, or drop out of the presidential race.

“If he doesn’t get over 50 percent, he should probably consider dropping out, like everyone else has when they don’t win their home state in a dramatic fashion,” Cruz campaign manager Jeff Roe said in an interview with ABC News' Powerhouse Politics podcast.

Under New York's somewhat complex delegate rules, Trump would need to win 50 percent of the vote statewide, as well as in each of the state's 27 congressional districts, to win all of the 95 delegates it will send to the Republican National Convention in July.

Trump does need to rack up a big delegate margin in New York, but Roe appears to be setting a new bar for him to clear. Sen. Marco Rubio dropped out last month, but only after losing his home state of Florida in humiliating fashion. Cruz carried his home state of Texas by a huge margin, 44 percent to Trump’s 27 percent. And Ohio Gov. John Kasich took his state by double digits, 47 percent to Trump’s 36 percent.

But Trump is already polling above 50 percent. A Monmouth University poll of New York Republicans out Wednesday had Trump with a slight majority (52 percent), and Ohio Gov. John Kasich with 25 percent and Cruz with 17 percent.