While Trump’s national numbers remain strong, results from our poll suggest he may not get the support from a key demographic group in Wisconsin. The real estate magnate has several forces vying against him, including Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who last week endorsed Cruz. Clinton, the former secretary of state, USA senator and first lady, has argued that she is the candidate best suited to keep the White House in the Democrats’ hands in November.
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Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have agreed to a Democratic presidential debate next week ahead of the NY primary.
“They’re not really his people”, Kasich said.
“This could be the pivotal moment for Ted Cruz and the pivotal moment for anyone who wants to stop Donald Trump to get a contested convention because it’s winner-take-most in Wisconsin”.
Ted Cruz is behind Trump with 28 percent support, and John Kasich has 18 percent support, according to the NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking poll conducted online from March 28 to April 3 of 14,071 adults aged 18 and over including 12,116 registered voters.
The Badger State heads to the polls today, with 42 Republican delegates and and 96 Democratic delegates up for grabs.
After the first ballot at the convention, a significant number of delegates are no longer bound to the candidate their state voted for. Mrs. Trump has appeared alongside her husband in the early contest states, but has never delivered a scripted speech as she did at the Milwaukee Theater to supporters.
“If we win here, we are going to have a bounce going into NY state where I think we can win”, he said, speaking at a local union hall in Janesville, Wisconsin, Monday. All but New Mexico will award all or most of their delegates to the victor on that climactic day.
It’s becoming clear that Trump needs to win the nomination outright with a 1,237-delegate majority or face an open Republican National Convention, where he’d be an underdog to win.
The Wisconsin primary could be a tipping point for the anti-Trump movement.
The Marquette poll shows Sanders with a 4-percentage-point edge over Clinton.
Donald Trump tried to put a hard week behind him on Monday as he neared Tuesday’s Republican presidential contest in Wisconsin, where he is campaigning from the unfamiliar position of underdog. Clinton would still be the favorite, but each Sanders victory along the way tarnishes her and makes June 7, where more than 800 delegates are at stake, that much more important.
While Trump is the only Republican with a realistic path to clinching the nomination ahead of the Republican convention, a big loss in Wisconsin would greatly reduce his chances of reaching the 1,237 delegates needed to do so before the GOP gathers in Cleveland.
Among the Democrats, Hillary Clinton has 1,243 delegates to Bernie Sanders’ 980 based on primaries and caucuses. And if John Kasich manages to win one or 2 congressional districts, that would set Trump back even further. In New York City, Clinton campaigned alongside Gov. Andrew Cuomo, praising union-led efforts to that led to legislation that will gradually raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour and predicting that that higher level would “sweep” the nation.
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Sanders would need to win 67 percent of the remaining delegates and uncommitted superdelegates to catch up to Clinton.
