Trump scored a sweeping victory in Tuesday’s NY primary.
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On the Democratic side, exit polls show a very close race: former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 52% and Vermont Sen.
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton regained their stride in the presidential race on Tuesday night, winning their respective primaries in the northeastern state of NY – and sending a message to their rivals that their campaigns are back on track after recent stumbles.
Television channels including CNN, Fox News and MSNBC projected the Manhattan billionaire the victor in the primary seconds after the polls closed. His margin of victory won’t be clear until more votes are counted.
“I remain also concerned that in a state as large as NY, nearly 30 percent of the eligible voters – some 3 million New Yorkers – were unable to vote today because they had registered as independents, not Democrats or Republicans, and that makes no sense to me at all”, Sanders said. Anti-Trump conservatives hope to deny Trump the nomination through a contested convention in July, which would rest on preventing Trump from earning the 1,237 national delegates necessary to clinch the nomination outright.
Coming off commanding victories in New York Tuesday, Trump and Clinton are now turning their attention to CT and the four other Eastern states that hold their primaries on April 26.
He sent campaign advisers to a Republican National Committee meeting in Hollywood, Florida starting on Wednesday. However, there is still a chance of a contested convention in July.
“The race for the nomination is in the home stretch, and victory is in sight”, Clinton declared to cheering supporters. Cruz, who placed third behind Ohio Gov. John Kasich, was at danger of not collecting a single delegate. But he sees a window to snatch the nomination from Trump at the convention, and his campaign is working feverishly to line up delegates who would support him if Trump fails to prevail on a first ballot. The Trump campaign has said the candidate will return after last week’s rally in Hartford, but has yet to release specifics about any events. “NY gives him a nice boost, but it will take weeks before we know the answer”, said Ari Fleischer, who was White House spokesman under President George W. Bush. Ted Cruz of Texas brought up the rear with 14 percent, according to The Associated Press.
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Ninety-five delegates were up for grabs in the Empire State.
