In District 3, all three delegates are on record as being Cruz supporters, and have said that they would vote for Cruz if things are not decided on the first vote – which is why the Trump camp is so upset. Ted Cruz’s jab at the Empire State earlier in the campaign.
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“On the other hand, if either Mr. Cruz or Mr. Kasich decides to become inactive, if you will, after NY, then I think it’s likely we get to a contested convention”.
The mistake could prove embarrassing for Mr Trump as he has repeatedly mentioned the terror attacks while campaigning across NY, his home state. Her closest competition was Kasich with “voters split at 43 percent”. Ted Cruz are hoping to win on a multiple-ballot vote.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets supporters after speaking at a rally at the Connecticut Convention Center on April 15, 2016 in Hartford, Connecticut.
“Any candidate who got the nomination would beg Reince Priebus to stay as chairman because he’s been so successful”.
Forty-one percent of Sanders’ voters have a negative opinion of Clinton, versus 40 percent who have a positive view of her. But he is also setting his sights on states with bound delegates – specifically in states where Trump has won. Trump is favored by 52 percent of the New Jersey Republicans polled, while Clinton is favored by 51 percent of New Jersey Democrats.
“It should be a monumentally magnificent convention, and it should be brilliant staged, but they’re spending $50 million on security”, he said in the interview.
“Every small act of kindness, every great act of courage, those are NY values”, he said.
He needs to win 60 per cent of the remaining delegates available to avoid a contested convention.
Each of Georgia’s 14 congressional districts held conventions on Saturday to choose delegates to send to the Republican National Convention.
Trump also suffered a big loss in Colorado, where Ted Cruz was able to snag all of the state’s delegates with a more organized showing at the state’s convention. He was simply heeding the same advice that he gave to his fellow Republicans in a controversial speech last month, sharply criticizing Trump and urging them vote for whichever candidate in their state had the best chance to beat the billionaire.
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As of today, ABC News estimates that Clinton has a total of 1,758 delegates and Sanders has a total 1,076 delegates.
