Thirty-one percent of those Wisconsin voters supported Trump, while a whopping 54% voted Cruz. But the senator from Texas could be in for a rude awakening there – and might end up with few if any of the 95 delegates at stake – if Trump manages to run the table in his home state.
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Exit polls in Wisconsin highlighted the deep worries about Trump surging through some corners of the Republican Party. Donald Trump won two congressional districts, giving him a total of six delegates.
Hillary Clinton says Bernie Sanders deserves credit for a “good night” in the Wisconsin primary, but that he hasn’t “done his homework” when it comes to curbing gun violence or reining in Wall Street.
Let’s start with the GOP race, where Ted Cruz’s big win in Wisconsin means Trump has to win about 60 percent of the remaining delegates to clinch that first-ballot nomination at the convention. The delegates started to peel away from her.
Because Democrats award delegates proportionally, Sanders’ victory in Wisconsin did not cut significantly into Clinton’s lead in the pledged delegate count. That gave Cruz a net delegate gain of 30 in Wisconsin.
Appearing confident that she will win New York State, Clinton said in a recent televised interview that Sanders has a long way to go to catch up to her 600-delegate lead.
They can vote for whoever they want to.
Trump knocked “lyin’ Ted” during his rally and boasted of his own popularity in the state, suggesting, “I think you can forget about him”.
Both parties now turn their sights toward NY, which offers a massive delegate prize in its April 19 contests.
Mr Trump’s defeat makes his ascent to the Republican nomination steeper, increasing the likelihood of a contested convention in July that could throw the party’s nod to someone more to the liking of the establishment.
“I think it is fair to say that the level of [Israeli] attacks against civilian areas”, Sanders continued, on his perspective on the Gaza war of 2014 (Operation Cast Lead), “and I do know that the Palestinians, some of them, were using civilian areas to launch missiles”. Ted Cruz, but he also said the billionaire businessman would soon begin to deliver a series of “presidential, substantive” speeches on his policy priorities.
The poll found that among New York Republicans, the candidate that would best match up against Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton is Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Sanders was born in the Empire State, and New York City has been at the center of the national political battle over income inequality – a signature issue for the Vermont senator.
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Based on primaries and caucuses to date, Clinton now has 1,279 delegates to Sanders’ 1,027. “There is nearly no probability that any Republican would be able to win New York’s electoral votes”.
