Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders are projected winners in the Wisconsin presidential primaries. Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich, the other remaining Republican contender, hope to stop Trump short of a first-ballot victory and trigger a contested convention. While the billionaire businessman still leads the Republican field, Cruz and an array of anti-Trump forces hope Wisconsin signals the start of his decline.
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Cruz celebrated with his supporters in Milwaukee. Needed to win: 1,237. Fifty-nine percent of primary voters said Sanders inspires them more about the future of the country; 38 percent said that Clinton does.
Sanders won 45 delegates to Clinton’s 31 in Wisconsin, while Cruz led Trump 33 delegates to three.
Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders also won in Wisconsin, gaining momentum in his fight against frontrunner Hillary Clinton and trimming her commanding lead in delegates. Because Democrats award delegates proportionally, both candidates will add to their tallies. That advantage was 1,712 to 1,011 counting superdelegates, the party officials and leaders who are free to change their support, the AP said.
As has been the pattern in previous Democratic primaries and caucuses, Sanders ran very strongly among younger voters while Clinton did better among those over 45.
According to early results of exit polls conducted for The Associated Press and television networks by Edison Research, GOP voters appeared less than taken with the idea of a new candidate arising out of a possible contested convention. At a CNN town hall on March 29, Cruz insisted that the convention was “not remotely” the path he’d use to get the nod. “Lyin” Ted Cruz had the Governor of Wisconsin, many conservative talk radio show hosts, and the entire party apparatus behind him.
“What we are seeing in Wisconsin is the unity of the Republican Party manifesting”, Cruz said during one of his final campaign stops.
After Cruz declared victory, the Trump campaign posted its response.
So far, the Texas senator’s biggest claim to victory was a home-state win, which brought him a three-digit delegate jackpot. Almost 4 in 10 say they’re scared about what Trump would do as president, and about 2 in 10 say they’re concerned.
Both Mr Sanders and Mr Cruz still have ground to make up to overtake their rivals in the delegate counts before the party conventions in late July.
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If he wins Tuesday night, it would be the next-largest delegate state to his name.
