Trump and Clinton smash their challengers and reassert control of their nominations.
Sanders lost NY for the same old reason: black voters (22% of the electorate there) went 75-25 for Clinton. They made up their minds a long time ago and they ain't changin' 'em.
Those same five states mentioned in the last graf of the excerpt above were also named in Sanders' most recent e-mail overnight as where the battle would go on, so it appears neither he (nor Ted Cruz) is ready to throw in the towel. In fact Jeff Weaver, Sanders' campaign chief, still seems more than a little defiant despite various calls for his man to quit and fall in line.
By the (CNN) numbers ...
Clinton outperformed the advance polling, including the exit polls taken just before voting concluded last night, which showed a very tight race. If Sanders' campaign funds start to dry up as reality slowly sinks in, he'll take a powder and call it a day. At this point that's the only trend to watch for.
So what next, revolutionaries?
Could you be more specific?
Good. This is the right idea. Writing him in is wrong. Write-in votes aren't counted in many states because of onerous pre-certification requirements (see this from the TXSOS, this from Ballotpedia, and this handy start-to-finish slideshow on the process here in Texas).
It's starting to get a little boring at this point, isn't it?
A preview of the face-biting to come
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton scored sweeping victories in nominating contests in their home state of New York, and immediately cited them in arguing they are all but unstoppable as their respective parties' presidential nominees.
Trump's crushing defeat of Ted Cruz in Tuesday's primary election tilted the energy in the Republican race back to the front-runner, just as Republican National Committee members begin meeting in Florida on Wednesday to discuss their July convention, where the nominee will be chosen.
For the Democratic favorite, Clinton's more narrow victory over Bernie Sanders snapped a string of victories by the 74-year-old democratic socialist and gave her a much-needed lift with more tough fights ahead.
The eventual victors of the Democratic and the Republican nominating campaigns will face each other in November's general election.
Trump's win, celebrated to the tune of Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York" at Trump Tower in Manhattan, marked a rebound from his Wisconsin defeat two weeks ago. It set him up for another big night on April 26, when Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, and Maryland will hold primaries.
Sanders lost NY for the same old reason: black voters (22% of the electorate there) went 75-25 for Clinton. They made up their minds a long time ago and they ain't changin' 'em.
Those same five states mentioned in the last graf of the excerpt above were also named in Sanders' most recent e-mail overnight as where the battle would go on, so it appears neither he (nor Ted Cruz) is ready to throw in the towel. In fact Jeff Weaver, Sanders' campaign chief, still seems more than a little defiant despite various calls for his man to quit and fall in line.
By the (CNN) numbers ...
With 93% of the vote in at 12:15 a.m ET, Trump was in the lead at 60% while Ohio Gov. John Kasich was at 25.2% and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was at 14.8%.
With 94% of the Democratic vote in, Clinton was leading Sanders 57.7% to 42.3%.
Clinton outperformed the advance polling, including the exit polls taken just before voting concluded last night, which showed a very tight race. If Sanders' campaign funds start to dry up as reality slowly sinks in, he'll take a powder and call it a day. At this point that's the only trend to watch for.
So what next, revolutionaries?
As promised, Bernie will end up endorsing Hillary. Doesn’t mean we have to follow in lockstep like programed cyborgs pic.twitter.com/Jz2MZOytzi— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) April 20, 2016
Could you be more specific?
Time to turn to Jill Stein. #NYPrimary— mohammad barakat (@Mbarakat1990) April 20, 2016
Good. This is the right idea. Writing him in is wrong. Write-in votes aren't counted in many states because of onerous pre-certification requirements (see this from the TXSOS, this from Ballotpedia, and this handy start-to-finish slideshow on the process here in Texas).
It's starting to get a little boring at this point, isn't it?
