Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters after winning the NY state primary election, Tuesday, April 19, 2016, in NY.
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On the Republican side of the primary ledger, Trump overwhelmed his opponents across the state. “The New York result was not so much a triumph for Kasich as for his argument, that Cruz would be unable to clinch the nomination if he was blown out in the late April primaries across the northeast”.
Her negative ratings eclipse her positive ratings by 24 percentage points, according to a recent Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll, while other surveys indicate that Sanders would be a more effective candidate than Clinton would be in a general election campaign against Trump or Cruz. She mentioned Sanders only briefly as she appealed for support from his loyal backers, and saved her toughest talk for Trump and Texas Sen. Network exit polls showed that she won the African-American vote by 3 to 1, Hispanics by almost 2 to 1, women by a 20-point margin and voters 45 and older by more than six in 10.
Trump, too, is eager to move past the Republican primaries. Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich have been mathematically eliminated, yet both contend they can win the nomination at the convention. Ted Cruz was in danger of getting shut out. If the expectation was that Donald Trump had to win his home state solidly, he met or exceeded the bar.
Fresh off a bruising defeat at the hands of Donald Trump in New York, Ted Cruz is now retreating to what is, at best, only barely friendlier territory: The I-95 corridor, home to five states that will vote on Tuesday.
“I just don’t think his personality, nor his style, nor his point of view – whatever that is – will appeal to the kind of Republican and Democrat support he will need in Pennsylvania”, said Ridge, who supports Kasich.
“What’s clear today is that we are headed to a contested convention”, Cruz told reporters in between private meetings with Republican National Committee members gathered at the Diplomat Resort & Spa for the first day of their three-day annual spring meeting.
“Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right?” If Sanders continues the trend of the more negative tone that he took in NY, it could endanger the ability of the Democratic base to unify during the Convention and going into November.
In a lengthy victory speech that showed off a far more relaxed, playful and exuberant political warrior, Clinton extended an olive branch to Sanders supporters, saying, “I believe there’s much more that unites us than divides us”.
Clinton, a Democrat, cleaned up in New York City and its suburbs, winning the popular vote in each of the 18 congressional districts in New York City, on Long Island and in the lower Hudson Valley. His loss in NY only widens that gap. Still, the Vermont senator vowed to keep competing.
“Next week is a big week”, said senior adviser Tad Devine.
Trump’s campaign management was altered last weekend as seasoned political veterans Paul Manafort and Rick Wiley replaced longtime Trump aides. In an open convention, delegates can vote for any candidate.
Still, the former reality TV star has a long way to go to seal the nomination and begin trying to heal wounds inflicted by a campaign that has alarmed many in the Republican establishment.
Unlike in other northeastern states, where his organization ranges from scant to non-existent, Cruz has built a real state campaign here. “That’s a big, big increase over the combined total of all of the Republicans in NY”, he said.
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He has now won 847 delegates, according to a CNN tally, with some 670 delegates at stake in the remaining 15 Republican primaries. Cruz and Kasich are hoping he does not receive the 1,237 delegates required for Republican presidential nomination.
