Clinton supporters hope Sanders will now follow that lead and throw their support behind her, especially after things got ugly between the two candidates in the contest for the Empire state.
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That means Trump will have to defy the odds with particularly strong showings through the remainder of the statewide contests if he is to win the nomination outright before the party’s delegates gather in Cleveland in July to pick their nominee.
Eventually, a little less than a month before the final primary, Clinton began holding her fire.
Many of us thought that the most likely “face” to do this would have been younger Republican talent like Gov. Scott Walker or Rubio, particularly when their energy and talent is contrasted with the tarnished record and uninspiring presence of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have both won overwhelmingly in the NY primary.
“The Trump campaign is learning as they go”, Nebraska GOP chairman Dan Welch said.
Sanders, for his part, has eased up but is pressing on.
All the candidates are focusing on next Tuesday’s primaries and caucuses in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island plus in a week later.
His nearest primary rival Senator Ted Cruz from Texas has 559 and the Ohio Governor John Kasich 148. A below-the-radar persuasion effort began last week, with Trump and Cruz loyalists telephoning delegate candidates to try to secure pledges of support.
On Wednesday afternoon in Indianapolis, though, it was “Lyin’ Ted” again.
Clinton “is the inevitable nominee now and the only question is at what point does she wrap up the magic number” of necessary delegates, Madonna told AFP.
In a statement, Cox said Trump has shown “remarkable political skill that has energized Americans who have felt disenfranchised by a government that hasn’t worked for them”.
The 63-year-old ceded the Iowa caucuses to his rivals to focus most of his attention and limited resources on New Hampshire, where he finished a distant second to Mr. Trump.
But as time went on and the candidate pool thinned, he said, the front-runner became less amusing to the group.
If the polling trends hold up, Donald Trump is set to sweep all five states.
Earlier this week, Trump’s new campaign chief Paul Manafort reassured the Republican National Convention that people should expect a different Trump in the general election. But even if Trump’s support slips to just 40% for the remainder of the race, the NYT simulator shows Trump reaching 1,237 under all scenarios before the start of the convention. That night, 172 Republican National Convention delegates will be up for grabs.
The better-organized Cruz campaign has worked to undermine Trump’s support on subsequent ballots by inserting loyalists within the state delegations, but an outcome beyond the first ballot is exceedingly hard to predict.
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“We’re gonna have to win a lot of states and a lot of delegates”, said Tad Devine, Sanders Senior Campaign Adviser.
