“Tonight, Wisconsin has lit a candle, guiding the way forward”. The state-by-state nominating contests are choosing delegates who will select the presidential nominees at the parties’ national conventions in July. Ted Cruz won in Wisconsin are “locked in” for the Republican presidential candidate, Gov. Scott Walker promised Wednesday.
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But the boost might be short-lived, said experts. His campaign manager issued a memo Tuesday gleefully proclaiming that Ted Cruz and Donald Trump “both effectively admitted they will not reach the GOP Convention with enough bound delegates to be the nominee”.
However, Trump campaign exuded confidence that with the primary season entering states like NY that are favourable for him, he was on his way to get the 1,237 delegates.
Cruz backers say all candidates will be subject to the same rules when delegate selection starts. “Ted Cruz is worse than a puppet – he is a Trojan horse, being used by the party bosses attempting to steal the nomination from Mr. Trump”. But the Vermont Senator told the crowd, momentum is on his side. It takes 2,383 delegates to win the nomination.
According to exit polls, Sanders performed well with his usual strongholds of younger voters while Clinton won voters over the age of 45.
“The most interesting number that came out of Wisconsin [was that] 30 percent of Republicans in the primary said they would not vote for Trump in the general, 30 percent said they would not vote for Cruz in the general”.
Trump’s support has faltered among women in particular in recent weeks.
Trump could still win in the 3rd and 8th congressional districts, where the real estate mogul made final campaign stops on Monday.
The Queens-born billionaire performed strongly across all areas of the state, getting 58% support among respondents in New York City and Long Island, 52% in upstate New York, and 47% in western New York, the poll, which was conducted April 3-5 among 302 likely Republican voters, found.
According to RCP, Mrs Clinton has an 11 point lead over Mr Sanders.
Democratic primary voters there will award 189 delegates on a proportional basis.
The Clinton campaign had sought to lower expectations about the outcome in Wisconsin, where polls showed Sanders leading before the vote.
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“As Secretary Clinton has done in all other states that have had contests before, we’re taking absolutely nothing for granted despite a very large pledged delegate lead, and we’re going to compete here hard”, said Peter Hanscom, Indiana State Director for Clinton’s campaign. Because at the end of the day, we need a Democratic president to succeed President Obama.
