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Mitt Romney has a better than a 2-to-1 lead over Rick Santorum in New York state, setting up the possibility the former Massachusetts governor could take a commanding number of the state's 95 available convention delegates.

Romney is the choice of 54 percent of voters in the Empire State, versus just 21 percent for Santorum, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University. Neither Newt Gingrich nor Ron Paul cracked double digits. 

"Assuming the numbers hold until April 24, Gov. Mitt Romney sweeps the statewide Republican vote - good for 34 delegates to the party convention. The question is whether Santorum can pick off one of the 29 districts, each good for two delegates?" said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, in a statement.

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