“We still have a path to the nomination, and our plan is to win the pledged delegates in this primary”, Sanders told his supporters in an email, notes The Hill.
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But, referring to his prospects with superdelegates, Sanders added: “The only fact that I think remains uncertain is if we continue to be running significantly stronger than she is against Donald Trump, or whoever the Republican nominee will be”.
While Trump strengthened his hand, he is still far from in the clear.
Kasich was referring to his primary opponents: Texas Sen.
Ted Cruz talks to reporters at a Republican National Committee meeting in Hollywood today.
Of those who cast a protest vote, almost 4 in 10 supported Kasich.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures as he arrives to speak at a NY primary night campaign event, Tuesday, April 19, 2016, in NY.
According to Marc Meredith, an associate political science professor at the University of Pennsylvania, who was quoted in a Boston Globe story, it really does come down to a candidate’s ground game in a state – something Donald Trump has been shown to be deficient in. Trump now has 847 delegates and needs 360 more to clinch the nomination outright with 1,237 delegates. They are being taken out of country.
Cruz said that he would have a large number of delegates and his biggest competitor Trump would also have many delegates. That is followed by a May 3 contest in Indiana. With trademark sarcasm, he played down Trump’s win, saying the mogul hoped to convince people that “Pennsylvania is a suburb of Manhattan”.
Kasich’s best cash month: GOP White House hopeful John Kasich had his best fundraising month in March after he won his home state of Ohio, Politico reports.
Across the state, Trump won with 60.5 percent, securing at least 89 of the state’s 95 Republican delegates. Party chairman Reince Priebus has discouraged such action this week.
Sanders, Dem for life: Look for Bernie Sanders to stay a Democrat even after his primary election against Clinton.
Polling figures generated Thursday by RealClearPolitics suggest Trump’s chances of beating Clinton in the general election aren’t as good as his rivals’.
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“Another severe setback in Pennsylvania could change Sanders’ fortunes irreparably”, said the former chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, T.J. Rooney.
