What Went Down In The New York Primaries

The good news for Trump so far is that he’s blowing the field out of the water in most places: his enormous 82 percent showing on Staten Island is 32 points above the threshold he needs to win all three delegates in the 11th District, for example. But the good news for Kasich so far is that he actually leads in Manhattan, 46 percent to 42 percent. If that holds, there’s a chance Kasich could actually win several congressional districts, potentially holding Trump to just one of three delegates in the 10th, 12th or 13th districts.

There was a lot of ink spilled over how a few Republican voters could have a big sway in New York’s 15th congressional district in the overwhelmingly Democratic Bronx. Well, 8 percent of District 15 is now reporting. Trump is leading 14 to 8 over Cruz, with Kasich at just 4. Just to be clear — that’s actual number of votes, not percentages.

Something else worth watching: the exit poll that had Clinton up by only 4 percentage points statewide had her beating Sanders by 10 percentage points in New York City. So far, however, Clinton has about 85,000 votes from the five boroughs as compared with about 52,000 for Sanders, which equates to a 62-38 advantage for Clinton in the city overall.