U.S. Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Bernie Sanders on Tuesday scored crucial victories in Wisconsin primaries over their party’s front-runners, as the pair were scrambling to reinvigorate their pursuit of the White House.
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Cruz won 36 of Wisconsin’s 42 delegates on Tuesday, with Trump picking up the other six.
Clinton and Sanders are set to face off in an April 14 debate, days before New York’s voters head to the polls.
“The only person on planet Earth incapable of beating Hillary Clinton is Donald Trump”, Murante said. The primary contests are choosing delegates to the parties’ national conventions that will chose the presidential nominees.
According to exit polls, Sanders has excited voters in Wisconsin, with more than half of Democratic primary-goers saying the senator inspires them more about the future of the country.
Clinton was quick to respond, telling Cuomo that she has been fighting for Democratic issues much longer than Sanders, who is an Independent but a self-titled Democratic-Socialist.
While Sanders has been on a winning streak, he trails Clinton in the delegate race. And there’s a small chance Bernie might actually get the majority of pledged delegates, and force Clinton’s superdelegates hand the nomination to her over “the will of the people”.
Trump still has a sizable lead, but has so far won only about 47 percent of the delegates selected. But in doing so he will risk committing a Ralph Nader-type disruption that could bring about the election of a true reactionary in the person of Ted Cruz or the triumph of a reckless right-wing gambler like Donald Trump. But the NBC News Exit Poll suggested that the state’s Republicans and Democrats feel quite differently about whether they want a true outsider as the nation’s next president.
The survey of 1,297 adults was conducted March 29-31.
“The difference between support for Sanders and Clinton is generational”, Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, said in a statement.
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The Vermont Democratic senator secured 57 percent of the votes and gained 44 delegates, while his rival, Clinton, 43 percent with 28 delegates. While both candidates are competing to win delegates through the primaries, they are also working behind the scenes to line up loyal delegates to represent them at the convention.
