There are 210 Democratic and 71 Republican delegates at stake in Pennsylvania’s nominating contest, a substantial portion of those who will be allocated during the day’s four primaries.
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Those 54 delegates will be chosen directly by voters in each of the state’s congressional districts, not the party itself.
Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania have winner-take-all or winner-take-most contests, which is good news for the real estate billionaire, who is the front-runner, and his hopes of winning the necessary majority of delegates – 1,237 – to avoid a contested convention.
The other facet of the process is the so-called delegate game – a long-irrelevant process that’s been dusted off for this exceptional election cycle.
Clinton too leads against her sole Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders in Maryland primary.
The Clinton campaign responded to Trump’s latest laughable insult by repeating their pledge not to respond to Trump’s sexism and childish taunts.
The victory in what is now Clinton’s home state pushed her number of pledged convention delegates to 1,436, and she also has the support of 469 superdelegates. In a Clinton v. Trump match-up, 36 percent said they’d consider a third party and nine percent said they wouldn’t vote at all. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, shouted to a packed house at the Boone County Fairgrounds Saturday.
The Sanders camp acknowledges that will require a win in Pennsylvania, the biggest prize on Tuesday with 189 delegates.
Trump also said Thursday he agreed with Sanders on another dig the Vermont senator made at Clinton: that she does not have the judgment to be president. Let’s take a look at the Digest.
Some of his supporters, the #BernieOrBust caucus, say they’ll sit out such an election or write in Sanders’ name on the ballot. They are picked by a much smaller and more committed group than voted in the statewide primary.
When asked by MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell in an interview that aired Friday if he would help steer his followers to Clinton if she wins the nomination, Sanders said he would have to consider her views at that point. The Clinton campaign says the get-out-the-vote event is set for 11:15 a.m. Monday at World Café Live at the Queen.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who trails far behind the both in the delegate count, fares best against Clinton.
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In one radio ad, Cruz knocked New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, the liberal Democrat, who was among New York leaders who criticized Cruz for his “New York values” comment about Trump in a January debate. RCP puts Trump 19 points ahead of his GOP opponents, with 44% support to Cruz’s 25% and Kasich’s 24%.
