– Hillary Clinton triumphed Tuesday in the Florida, Ohio and North Carolina presidential primaries, putting her in a commanding position to become the first woman in USA history to win a major party nomination.
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With at least three more states in his win column, Trump is now the only candidate with a path to clinching the Republican nomination before the party’s convention in July.
With many Republican establishment figures hostile to Mr Trump, it is thought some may seek to do a deal that results in the convention backing another candidate – preventing the businessman being nominated.
If Clinton is up four touchdowns, well, Trump is ahead of his GOP rivals by two scores: There is time to catch him, but you’d rather be Trump than those trying to stop him.
“I still think it’s a very realistic chance that nobody’s going to have a majority of the delegates”, said Henry Barbour, a senior Republican National Committee member who worked on Marco Rubio’s delegate strategy until the Florida senator exited the race Tuesday.
It is not an insurmountable challenge, especially when factoring in winner-take-all states, like Arizona’s 58 delegates and New Jersey’s 51 delegates.
John Kasich won OH, the state he governs, earning all 66 delegates.
Trump said putting up a third-party candidate to block him would “guarantee” a Democratic win in November.
With Rubio out, that leaves Cruz and possibly Kasich as the only candidates left to stop Trump, depending on what happens in Ohio.
Kasich also criticized the American government saying that it is “stuck”, according to Philly Voice.
Clovis also discussed a meeting in Washington on Thursday of a group of conservative leaders, led by Erick Erickson, a blogger and radio host, and other conservative donors and influencers, who are committed to stopping Trump’s candidacy.
Florida and OH were winner-take-all elections for Republicans. “I think President Obama is a divider, and I think he’s proven that”.
Cruz needs to win 79 percent of the remaining delegates to secure the nomination before the convention. He is followed by Cruz (396), Rubio (168) and Kasich (138). A Trump sweep could have given him an insurmountable lead in the delegate count. And Trump and Cruz were neck and neck in Missouri in early vote counts. If they are successful, no one would go to the convention with a majority and the convention would be contested.
For his part, Trump won Florida and all 99 of its delegates. John Kasich carried his home state, edging out the real estate tycoon with 46.8 percent of the vote.
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Clinton’s victories on one of the most delegate-rich nights of the Democratic presidential contest had her supporters confident that she would emerge from the latest round of voting with a virtually insurmountable delegate lead over US Senator Bernie Sanders.
