Then came March 8, when four states voted on the Republican side, three of which landed in the Trump column. His upset victory in MI only gave him nine more delegates than Clinton from that state, 68 to 59, but it showed he might have a realistic shot at beating Clinton in future primaries where he previously appeared to have no chance. Who will win? Here are some indicators. Another endangered rival, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, put up a fierce fight in his home state.
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Missouri received little personal attention from any of the candidates until the final few days before the election. Marco Rubio, about 59 percent of angry voters supported the billionaire, while just 16 percent supported Rubio.
Even if Sanders doesn’t win the nomination, he can still use his campaign platform to influence how the Democrats respond to Trump. She has a greater than 85-percent chance of winning delegate-rich Florida and North Carolina, plus a 65-percent chance of winning Ohio.
Hillary Clinton can’t win enough delegates to wrap up the Democratic nomination in Tuesday’s elections, but she can nonetheless take a big step forward.
One-third of the GOP votes were cast in the five traditionally Republican “collar” counties surrounding Chicago, with half coming from outside the metropolitan area – but none of the candidates held a clear lead in any region.
In both states, Sanders commanded his usual advantage among younger voters, but Clinton still managed to win a slim majority among white voters in OH (53-47) while limiting Sanders’ advantage among whites in Missouri (54-45). The latest Quinnipiac survey found that Rubio lagged behind Trump by 24 points in Florida.
Kasich had broad support in OH, but can he replicate it elsewhere?
COLUMBUS, Ohio-Hillary Clinton is the victor of Ohio’s Democratic presidential primary, according to the Associated Press.
Clinton aides argue that a Trump-Sanders-Clinton competition in the next weeks could set up a powerful contrast for Clinton, elevating her as an experienced potential commander in chief. It parses data from polls, prediction markets, search engine queries and social media posts.
Those findings indicate that states like Wisconsin, Ohio and MI could play a key role in a general election, prompting questions about Clinton’s Midwestern strength, despite her wins in Ohio and IL.
“The campaign goes on”, Kasich declared at a victory rally.
Cruz had been winning 34 percent of delegates.
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. Rob Portman, give him the overall lead in lawmaker support across March 15 primary states. He’s looking ahead toward other states with makeups like Pennsylvania to possibly replicate that coalition, but in any other state where he hasn’t been on the ballot for more than three decades (or basically camped out in like in New Hampshire) he’s been nearly an asterisk. Trump and Cruz were in a close race in North Carolina.
But can Trump get almost all of those who identify as a Republican?
The Democratic endorsement ledgers are far more lopsided. In comparison, Sanders has notched just two congressional endorsements.
Underscoring Republican concerns about Trump, Rubio focused heavily on an implicit critique of Trump in a speech announcing he was dropping out of the race. So far, it has correctly predicted 37 of the 46 nominating contests it has covered.
Cruz is not projected to win in most states voting Tuesday, but he can seize on delegates in states such as Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina, where they award them proportionally.
Yet Clinton will eventually need Sanders’ help in convincing his supporters to back her, and the longer and nastier the primary is, the harder it will be for the two to come together.
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“The investment in OH – expected to be Cruz’s biggest additional outlay – could indicate that his campaign sees an opportunity to land a stronger-than-expected finish in that winner-take-all state, where Trump and Kasich now hold strong leads”, said POLITICO’s Katie Glueck.
