Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have won their parties’ presidential primary contests in NY – one of the campaign’s biggest prizes so far.
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Trump’s big victory in his home state gave him renewed momentum in the Republican race and pushed him closer to the 1,237 delegates required to win the nomination.
A confident Trump insisted it was impossible for his rivals to catch him. “We have set progressive goals for creating more jobs and providing dignity and pride”, she said. He had 756 pledged delegates to Cruz’s 559 and Kasich’s 144.
“I think there ought to be a debate before the vote next Tuesday”, Cruz told reporters in Florida today. Those totals include both pledged delegates from primaries and caucuses and superdelegates, the party insiders who can back the candidate of their choice regardless of how their state votes. About 3 in 10 say the New York City financial sector helps the economy, and those voters went overwhelmingly for Clinton.
New York Native Donald Trump cruised to victory in Tuesday’s GOP presidential primary.
New York Democrats were slightly more likely to see Clinton than Sanders as most inspiring. The Vermont Senator remains tenacious, though, and has already moved on to Pennsylvania.
The Texas senator pointed out that while “Donald is going to talk all the time about other folks not getting to 1237, he’s not getting there either”.
On the Democratic side, Clinton, formerly New York’s senator and USA secretary of state, met expectations by winning virtually every demographic across the state: The young and old, men and women, black and Hispanic, Protestant, Catholic and Jewish voters.
Pennsylvania votes on April 26, along with Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware and Maryland. But Trump didn’t suffer any negative consequences in NY because of his failure in Wisconsin.
New Jersey Republican Party spokesman Pete Sheridan said Christie will “participate in political meetings with Mr. Trump” and return to the state later in the day.
To win the party’s nomination, a Democratic candidate needs to win over 2,383 delegates, including unpledged delegates, who at the moment overwhelmingly support Clinton.
Having spent months relying on a slim staff, Trump has started hiring more seasoned campaign veterans.
“We are headed to a contested convention”.
Trump also mentioned Bernie Sanders in his victory speech: “I am no fan of Bernie’s”.
Most of New York’s Democratic delegates are awarded on a proportional basis by the outcome in each congressional district.
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The exit poll was conducted by Edison Research for The Associated Press and the television networks.
