Clinton’s commanding victory in New York Tuesday all but cemented her grip on the nomination, and Republican candidates are now going full-bore at the former secretary of state.
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But, ironically, if you vote for all of the delegates committed to one presidential candidate, your votes do nothing to help determine the delegate ranking.
But with the possibility of a contested Republican convention, Trump’s final two opponents, Texas Sen.
Mr Trump has a clear lead in the number of delegates but may fall short of the 1,237 threshold required to win the nomination without a contested convention – where the nominee is chosen through negotiations among party figures. “At this point, nobody is getting 1,237”, Cruz told Philadelphia radio host Chris Stigmal on 20 April.
Republican National Committee member and MS delegate Henry Barbour said while his first ballot at the GOP convention in July is bound, on the second ballot where the choice will be his, he is “genuinely” undecided. “It’s impressive. That’s what I’ve heard people talking about”. Ted Cruz was in Indianapolis on Thursday for the state Republican Party dinner and John Kasich announced plans to visit Hamilton County on Tuesday. “I believe we will have a tremendous advantage in that battle because the party is unifying behind our campaign”, said Cruz. “I just don’t think it was very fertile territory for him”, he said.
“The #NeverTrump movement missed opportunities to take delegates away from Donald Trump in more than half a dozen NY congressional districts last night by not engaging in any serious ways”, he said. “At the latest skirmish was Saturday night’s GOP presidential debate in SC, it was Cruz versus Rubio, Bush versus Trump, Trump versus everybody”. “Obviously, I have issues with him, but our nominee will be our nominee”. “I said, you know what, I don’t want to respond to that”.
Trump, Cruz and Kasich all sent envoys to the meeting to explain their pathways to the nomination. It will come the day after a round of primary contests in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, in which polls show him likely to do well.
“Republicans are continuing to unite behind our campaign”, said Cruz.
Roe dismissed talk that Cruz might now be in trouble. In the coming weeks, as several States on the east coast that are his strongholds vote, Mr. Trump will move steadily close to winning the nomination before the party convention.
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“There’s going to be ebbs and flows to this campaign”, Roe told reporters.
