Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton could emerge from primary elections in five U.S. states as presumptive presidential nominees, setting in motion a one-on-one race in the most chaotic American political contest in years.
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Also at stake Tuesday are Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Florida, with the total number of delegates in play accounting for more than a quarter of the 1,237 necessary for the party’s nomination. Kasich seemed to have a better chance at that than Rubio.
During an event Monday in Tampa, Trump was interrupted intermittently by protesters, some of whom were forcibly removed.
“I think you know the answer to that”, Bill Clinton said.
“There is never an excuse for condoning violence, or even a culture that presupposes it”, Ryan told WRJN, a radio station in Racine, Wisconsin.
“I mean in MI, we always knew it was gonna be close and we made a decision to try to make sure we did as well as we could”, he said.
Heading into Tuesday, the billionaire businessman is locked in a tight contest in OH with Kasich, the state’s governor.
Mitt Romney has been on the campaign trail for Kasich and fellow Ohioan and retired House Speaker John Boehner said he already voted for Kasich, whom he called a “friend”.
Florida Sen. Rubio also hopes to block Trump in a do-or-die primary in his home state, though polling suggests he’s slipping further behind. Ted Cruz both campaigned in Missouri during the final days before the primary.
“Tomorrow’s the day where we are going to shock the country”, Rubio said during a stop in Jacksonville.
When including superdelegates, Sanders currently needs to win 61 percent of the remaining delegates and uncommitted superdelegates heading into Tuesday’s contests to clinch the nomination; up to now he’s only been winning 32 percent.
Trump’s closest competition so far has come from Texas Sen. In recent days, Trump has claimed protesters who disrupt his rallies are Sanders’ supporters.
Many experts have said this is because of Trump’s campaign narrative against a section of the society.
His comment was a reference to a previous statement by Trump that he could shoot someone on the famous Manhattan street and not lose support.
Clinton hoped to pad her Florida victory with a win in OH to show strength in the nation’s two leading general election battlegrounds.
Clinton’s victory in OH follows her surprise loss in MI last week, which raised fresh questions about her campaign strategy and provided a lift to Sanders that he hoped would help him sweep the Midwest. When Sanders won the MI primary on Tuesday in a major upset, he carried the 18- to 29-year-old age bracket by an 81-18 percent margin. It’s no mistake that Sanders is in Phoenix on Tuesday night, rather than in one of the places he might (or might not) win that night.
“I do hold him responsible”, she said in an interview with MSNBC.
Voters on Chicago’s heavily Democratic South Side are deciding between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
This Tuesday both Democrats and Republicans cast their votes in five primaries, with the latter also voting in a caucus. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign rally at the Akron Civic Theatre, Monday, March 14, 2016, in Akron, Ohio.
Scott Olson/Getty ImagesA Bernie Sanders campaign rally in Chicago.
Hillary Clinton took aim at her top Republican and Democratic opponents on Monday when she accused Donald Trump of “inciting mob violence” at his events and knocked Vermont Sen.
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Thomas reported from Washington.
