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New York Loves Hillary and Donald
On Tuesday, the State of New York proved it has a lot of love for its hometown heroes, handing both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump lopsided victories that could shape the remainder of the race.
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Mrs. Clinton finished the night with a 57.9% to 42.1% win over her Democratic challenger, Bernie Sanders, winning 135 delegates to his 104 delegates.
In her victory remarks, Mrs. Clinton thanked New York and said “Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are pushing a vision for America that is divisive and frankly dangerous. Returning to trickle down economics. Opposing any increase in the minimum wage. Restricting a woman’s right to make her own health care decision. Promising to round-up millions of immigrants. Threatening to ban all Muslims from entering the country. Planning to treat all American Muslims like criminals. These things go against everything America stands for, and we have a very different vision. It’s about lifting each other up, not tearing each other down. So instead of building walls, we’re going to break down barriers.”
She added: “Because of you, this is the only campaign, Democratic or Republican, to have won more than ten million votes.”
Donald Trump ended the evening with a 60.5% win over his challengers. Interestingly, Gov. John Kasich came in 2nd place with 25.1% and Sen. Ted Cruz, who campaigned very little in New York and even insulted the values of the state, brought up the rear with 14.5%. In the all important delegate count, Trump won 89 delegates, while Kasich won 3 delegates. Sen. Cruz did not secure enough votes to win any delegates.
In a sign that his new campaign team is providing some much needed discipline, Trump kept his victory remarks short and spoke from a prepared speech, instead of winging it as he has clearly done in the past.
During the 8 minute speech, there was no cursing, no name-calling, no self-aggrandizing and only limited rambling. There was no mention of “Crooked Hillary” and he even referred to “Lyin’ Ted” as “Senator Cruz.” He skipped taking questions from the media and the opportunity to ridicule individual reporters or dodge their questions.
“We are going to be so strong again. We are going to be really — I mean, legitimately — so great again,” Trump said during the speech. “And I just can’t wait. So, we don’t have much of a race anymore, based on what I’m seeing on television. Senator Cruz is just about mathematically eliminated. And we’ve won another state.”
Trump’s words were true. With this win in New York, it seems mathematically impossible for any of the candidates to catch Trump or Hillary Clinton. Theoretically, they are their party’s nominees.
For Republicans, Trump has won 845 total delegates, while Cruz has secured 559 and Kasich has 147 (1,237 needed). For the Democrats, Mrs. Clinton has won 1893 delegates to Sanders’ 1180 (2,383 needed).
Not only did New York provide huge wins for its hometown heroes, but it looks as if it was the deciding factor for the November election.
Not only did New York provide huge wins for its hometown heroes, but it looks as if it was the deciding factor for the November election. [….] DJ, I must say that alway look forward to your post-primary summary. Your summaries are always On-Point and you rpovide Us (your readers) with Just.The.Facts. Thank you so much for that. Now…..in keeping with just the facts, a few oberservations really struck me last night and this morning: First: Trump won New York. But he was expected to win. It's his home state. And as also expected, he won big over Kasich and Cruz. But if I may? I'd like to examine his "Landlside" victory (as the media breathlessly describes it) a little closer. Trump attained ONLY 518,601 votes in his home-state ….versus Kasich who attained 956,762 votes in his home-state of Ohio..and versus Cruz who attained 1,239,370 votes in his home-state of… Read more »