In the Democratic presidential race, Hillary Clinton is well ahead of Bernie Sanders, 53 to 28 percent.
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The question is how much trouble this portends for Clinton or Sanders in the general election.
Donald Trump’s campaign is announcing a rally in Wisconsin next Tuesday.
Kasich received support from only 16 percent of those polled, compared to 43 percent for Trump and 29 percent for Cruz. In the recalculated match, Trump reached an outright majority with 56 percent support, against 25 percent for Kasich.
According to exit polling data, most GOP primary voters decide on a candidate well before they vote, and the earliest-deciding voters have thus far nearly always leaned toward Trump.
The billionaire real estate mogul tops the OH governor 33% to 30%, according to a Franklin and Marshall College poll released Thursday, within the poll’s margin of error.
Overall, Sanders trails Clinton by a significant delegate count; but the kid stays in the picture. The event will be held at the Grand Hyatt, five days before New York Republicans vote in the state’s presidential primary.
In a statement, Bush called Cruz “a consistent, principled conservative who has demonstrated the ability to appeal to voters and win primary contests, including yesterday’s Utah caucus”.
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham and Carly Fiorina, who had sought the nomination, have also endorsed Cruz while Trump has won the backing of former candidates Chris Christie and Dr. Ben Carson.
A year ago, no one would have believed it. Ted Cruz, the establishment candidate?
Asked if they would prefer to see a Democratic president or a Republican president regardless of who the nominees are, 52 percent of female voters chose the Democratic option while 36 percent chose the Republican option.
Ohio Governor John Kasich’s lone path to the nomination is to extend the race until the party’s national convention in July. Utah’s 40 delegates could have been allocated proportionally, but the state allows a candidate to sweep all 40 delegates if he or she receives a minimum 50 percent of the vote.
To secure the nomination, the GOP candidate would need to earn 1,237 delegates.
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The next vote is North Dakota caucuses on April 1.
