After winning nearly all of New York’s Republican convention delegates in Tuesday’s primary, Trump declared that his chief rival, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, “is just about mathematically eliminated” from winning the nomination before the national convention in mid-July.
Advertisement
Cruz said the delegate count would be close after the primaries that remain adding he would not be dropping his bid prior to the convention.
Ted Cruz, was shut out in NY and received no delegates. “And if Mr. Trump falls short of clinching the nomination after all 50 states, the District of Columbia and five territories have held their contests, those delegates could make their own decisions after the first ballot in Cleveland”, Martin continued. But the billionaire may not have enough delegates to win the nomination outright. Cruz, who has been widely quoted for his criticism of “New York values”, finished behind Ohio Gov. John Kasich in the NY contest.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump prepares to speak during a NY primary night campaign event Tuesday, April 19, 2016, in NY.
“We believe we have the momentum and we believe we have a path toward victory”, Sanders said at a news conference in Vermont after Hillary Clinton declared the nomination race is in “the homestretch and victory is in sight”. “If he wins the most votes, then he should get the nomination of his party”.
Clinton said her victory in NY – where she has lived for 15 years and served in the U.S. Senate – is “personal”.
But to get there, Trump must win every state in the Northeast yet to vote – including Maryland, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New Jersey – as well as in and California, two delegate-rich states. The former Secretary of State is expected to win a majority of 247 delegates’ votes. Wrote John Cassidy in the New Yorker, “Strictly as a matter of arithmetic, neither front-runner’s lead is insurmountable”.
Clinton needs only to win about 28 percent of the 1,646 convention delegates yet to be chosen to become the Democrats’ standard bearer in the November election.
“Beyond that pledge, however, there is no requirement that a delegate be loyal to a given candidate beyond that first ballot”.
Trump now has 845 delegates.
Clinton did best among black women, 79 percent of whom said they voted for her, compared to 21 percent for Sanders.
Advertisement
The Associated Press said that the loss in Manhattan reflected an apparent weakness Mr Trump has amongst “Rockefeller Republicans”, or more moderate, wealthy conservatives. About 3 in 10 say the New York City financial sector helps the economy, and those voters went overwhelmingly for Clinton.
