An average of polls collated by Real Clear Politics ahead of voting had put the tycoon 25 clear in Rhode Island, 17 points clear in Maryland, 19 points clear in Pennsylvania, 26 points clear in CT and as many as 37 points ahead in Delaware.
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US Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has secured a vast majority of unbound delegates from Pennsylvania, thus bringing him closer to a monumental duel with his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for the White House.
Clinton had added about 80 to her margin over Sanders.
The former Secretary of State entered Tuesday’s five primaries having already accumulated 82 percent of the delegates needed to win her party’s nomination.
Speaking after the vote, Trump said he considers himself the presumptive nominee.
He was asked if he would eventually soften his tone.
“I’m not changing. I went to the best schools”. He noted that he had passed 60 percent in results from several states.
But Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has been a tenacious opponent on the Democratic side, and could find precincts of strength even on a Primary Day that favors Mrs. Clinton.
In Oxford, Sanders defeated Clinton 405 to 302 and Trump received 1,030 votes to 260 for Kasich and 155 for Cruz. “Frankly, if Hillary Clinton were a man, I don’t think she’d get 5 percent of the vote”, Trump said. She later talked about creating an America where “Love trumps hate”. The Indianapolis Star reports that Sanders sounded far from defeated when he addressed supporters at two Indiana universities on Wednesday. China can be dealt with and you can get along with them.
Still, there were some signs that Sanders’ campaign was coming to grips with his hard position. However, with his odds of winning diminished, some are urging him to continue his campaign as an independent. On Tuesday, a total of 118 Republican unbound delegates were up for grabs.
The campaign will redirect most of its national operations toward California, the Times reported, the most delegate-rich state in the country.
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Yet with 950 delegates now, he could still fall short of the 1,237 he needs.
