NEW YORK STATE OF MINE: TRUMP WINS BIG
Front-runners dream of delegate sweep, crushing rival campaigns
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Republican front-runner Donald Trump and Democrat front-runner Hillary Clinton (Photo: Twitter)
It’s primary day for Republicans and Democrats in New York Tuesday, and GOP front-runner Donald Trump is celebrating a big victory in The Empire State.
Fox News and the New York Times called the GOP race for Trump based on exit polling showing he earned more than half of the vote. John Kasich came in second and Ted Cruz last.
Democrat front-runner Hillary Clinton is expected to win her New York race against Bernie Sanders Tuesday.
Trump and Clinton were leading in RealClearPolitics’ polling average Tuesday, each getting 53 percent in the polls before their party primaries.
As WND reported, the New York primaries have been marred by a voter-rolls bombshell, broken machines, long lines, missing ballots in Harlem, and a trending #VoterSuppression hashtag on Twitter.
A full 56 percent of New York Republican primary voters believe Trump has the best shot at defeating Clinton in November, according to ABC News exit polls. Only 21 percent say the same for Kasich and 16 percent for Cruz.
Seven in 10 GOP voters oppose a contested convention and say the candidate with the most primary votes should win the party’s nomination. And six in 10 favor a temporary ban on non-U.S. Muslims entering the country.
Trump stands to win a large number of New York’s 95 delegates. If he claims them all, he would make it mathematically impossible for Cruz to win the nomination before July.
“If he picks up 75 [delegates], he has a real path to 1,237,” political analyst Matt Dowd told ABC News, referencing the number of delegates a candidate must win to claim the GOP nomination before the July convention.
“[John] Kasich has a real shot of coming second,” Dowd added, “[giving him] a better argument going forward that people should pay attention to him.”
Cruz has had great difficulty in his efforts to win support from New Yorkers. In February and April, Cruz criticized Trump’s “New York values” and liberalism.
By Sunday, Trump told AM 970’s John Catsimatidis, “[Cruz] hates New Yorkers. And he’s trying to put a different spin on it now, like he’s talking about liberal values.”
In a speech Tuesday evening, Cruz spoke about unity and moving forward.
“I’m so excited to share with you what America has learned over the past few months, and it has nothing to do with a politician winning his home state,” Cruz said, referencing Trump’s New York win.
“This is the year of the outsider,” Cruz said, adding that he and Sanders are outsiders in the races for the nominations. “Both with the same diagnosis, but both with very different paths to healing. Millions of Americans have chosen one of these outsiders. Our campaigns don’t find our fuel in bundlers and special interests, but rather, directly from the people.”
He said the GOP must come together: “We must unite the Republican Party because doing so is the first step toward uniting all Americans. … Let us unite on the things that have always made us great.”
He continued, “Here is the truth: You don’t need me or any politician. But we do need each other, all of us, coming together as one, as we the people, because not only do we say, yes we can, beginning here and now we pledge once again, yes we will. And now, my friends, onward to victory.”
As for Democrats Clinton and Sanders, New York offers 247 delegates.
“This is crucial for both of them,” Dowd said. “This is critical for [Sanders] because he needs to reset the race … and the only way for him going forward is to win New York. It’s crucial for [Clinton] because losing her home state makes people question [if] she really [is] the best candidate.”
Clinton, who served as senator in New York before becoming secretary of state in 2009, is especially hoping for a win in the state, as she has lost eight of the last nine elections to Sanders. Clinton won 57 percent of the Democrat vote in New York’s 2008 primary. She has scored endorsements from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
New York also has 44 unpledged delegates who are expected to back Clinton.
On April 26, Republicans and Democrats will each hold five primaries in the following states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
New York polls close at 9 p.m. EDT. Results will be updated below as they come in.
New York
Republican primary
95 delegates awarded proportionally, with winner-take-all triggers
With 26 percent reporting:
Trump: 64.7 percent
Kasich: 21.6 percent
Cruz: 13.8 percent
New York
Democrat primary
247 delegates awarded proportionally
With 27 percent reporting:
Clinton: 61.1 percent
Sanders: 38.9 percent
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