When asked by reporters about the upcoming primaries on the East Coast, where Trump is substantially ahead, the Texas Republican referenced his past five wins to show he is a viable candidate to take on the NY billionaire.
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He holds 845 of 1,237 delegates needed for the nomination – still a way to go with a movement to stop him in full swing. “Their only hope is to block Trump and force a contested convention”.
With more than 98% of the results in, Mr Trump is leading with just over 60% of the vote while Mrs Clinton has just under 58%.
“[By] going after Trump’s home state, Cruz handed Trump a political promissory note that will be cashed in Tuesday in New York’s primary”, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. wrote Tuesday in a piece titled, “Ted Cruz and the revenge of NY values”. Party insiders believe he will still be able to secure the nomination with un-pledged delegates should he arrive at the convention in OH between 50 and 100 shy of that magic number.
Trump won most of New York’s 27 districts; three delegates were at stake in each. Trump has at least 844 delegate to Cruz’s 543 and Kasich’s 147.
WRIGHT: But last night in NY, a glimpse of something different. And his election night speech too had a more subdued feel than some of his more boisterous victory laps of the past, even referring to his bitter rival as “Sen”.
But former New York Senator Hillary Clinton won the metro areas with almost 59 percent of the vote – and won the state by 284,000 votes. Clinton hadn’t had a victory since Arizona nearly a month ago.
The numbers would change if Cruz unites the party, said Brown, and he hopes that will happen because Cruz “has been mathematically eliminated”. She beat “The Burn” by about 15 points. “We’ve won and now, especially after tonight, close to 300 delegates more than Senator Cruz”.
“We don’t have much of a race anymore”, Trump boomed. Following her win in NY, a jubilant Clinton made clear she was moving past her unexpectedly competitive primary battle with Bernie Sanders and setting her sights on the general election. “But Clinton wins by bigger margins on leadership, electability and experience”. It is expected that the businessman will receive either a majority of the votes or the votes of all 95 delegates from the New York State.
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Here’s another way to look at the voter turnout in the NY presidential primary.
