Of states where he has won by a wide margin, Sanders said, “I think that the superdelegates in those states should respond to what their constituents [want]”.
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Those were among the early findings from exit polls conducted for The Associated Press and television networks by Edison Research. If he does lose to Trump tonight, his hopes of stopping his march to the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the GOP nomination becomes even more dim.
Kasich pledged to stay in the race, with his campaign manager saying the governor would continue to “offer the voters a clear choice for our country”. Still, most said they probably would support whoever won for the GOP. The Senator from Vermont cashed in on his overwhelming support from independent voters, who are allowed to participate in Indiana’s open primary.
“I have a lot of experience dealing with men who sometimes get off the reservation in the way they behave”, Clinton said. After that, he will still trail Clinton by roughly 300 pledged delegates and far more when super delegates are factored in.
Trump still needs about 200 delegates to formally secure the nomination, but Cruz’s decision to end his campaign removed his last major obstacle.
“While tonight’s IN primary results increased Donald Trump’s delegate count, Trump remains short of the 1,237 delegates needed to win the GOP nomination”, she said.
Sanders’ criticisms of Clinton – including comments last month that she was “not qualified” for the presidency – has raised the ire of Clinton supporters, but does not seem to be harming his standing with voters.
Additionally on Tuesday night, NBC reported that sources within the Trump campaign said their team had begun searching for a vice presidential candidate. But he could face pressure from donors and other Republicans to at least tone down in attacks on Trump in an attempt to unite the GOP heading into the general election.
Still, Sanders hoped that his message of combatting income inequality and opposing free trade agreements would break through in IN, a Rust Belt state accustomed to the vagaries of globalization and economic change That message appears to have resonated in the state, eight years after she narrowly defeated then-Sen. Ohio Gov. John Kasich obtained 7.6 percent of the vote.
Trump’s rivals, Ted Cruz and John Kasich, have been mathematically eliminated from reaching the 1,237 delegates needed to win the nomination before the convention.
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The figures include both pledged delegates and so-called superdelegates, party leaders who are free to support either candidate.
