On the Democratic side, Arizona’s delegates are awarded proportionally.
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Even before Tuesday’s violence, foreign policy had emerged as a central theme ahead of the Western elections with candidates in both parties courting pro-Israel activists on Monday. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a series of bombings in Brussels that left dozens dead and many more wounded. “The impressive numbers of young people and working-class people who participated in the process are exactly what the political revolution is all about”.
“The last thing we need, my friends, are leaders who incite more fear”, the former secretary of state said. “She doesn’t have a clue”.
Republican candidates continued to battle in caucuses in Utah, which were not expected to close until well after midnight Eastern Time. Polls were closed an hour later because of the unexpectedly high voter turnout.
As voters cast ballots, the presidential candidates lashed out at each other’s foreign policy prescriptions, showcasing sharp contrasts in confronting the threat of Islamic extremism.
Mrs Clinton – and Mr Trump’s Republican rivals – questioned the Republican front-runner’s temperament and readiness to serve as commander-in-chief, and condemned his calls to diminish United States involvement with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
Addressing cheering supporters in Seattle, Clinton said the attacks in Brussels were a pointed reminder of “how high the stakes are” in 2016.
“We don’t build walls or turn our back on our allies. You know, when people in Europe bleed and die, a little bit of us bleeds and dies as well”. The Texas senator needed a win of that magnitude to avoid falling further behind Trump in the GOP delegate race.
Long lines of voters were reported in both states. With 16 percent of the vote in, he was leading Trump and Ohio Gov. John Kasich by more than 50 points each.
CBS news projects Donald Trump won the Arizona primary and all of its 58 delegates.
That’s how many delegates Trump needs to secure the Republican nomination.
Cruz has a very limited path to clinch the nomination before the party’s convention this summer.
With more than half of all delegates already awarded during the first seven weeks of primary voting, Trump’s challengers’ best – and perhaps only – hope lies with denying the front-runner a delegate majority and forcing a contested national convention in July.
He now has 678 delegates. If Cruz cannot only win but garner more than 50 percent of the vote, he could also pocket all 40 delegates.
The result is unlikely to change Cruz’s argument that he is the most viable alternative to Donald Trump.
On the Democratic side, Clinton has 61 percent to Sanders’ 36 percent.
“These decisive victories in Idaho and Utah give me confidence that we will continue to win major victories in the coming contests”, Sanders said in a statement.
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According to FiveThirtyEight, if Clinton’s lead holds, she should gain about 17 delegates over Sanders. Clinton’s 467-26 edge among superdelegates – party members who can back whichever candidate they choose – had given her a substantial boost over Sen.
