All the candidates arrived in New York a week before the April 19 primary, knowing how critical it is to win the Empire State in the 2016 race. Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are touring the Upstate region, and John Kasich stuffing yourself with Italian food in the Bronx.
Republican primaries
Donald Trump: Trump was disappointed to learn that his own children will not be able to vote for him in the New York primary next Tuesday. Because of election laws that require voters to register months in advance, both Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump will have to stay away from the voting booth. He is also upset that he did not win any delegates at the Republican Party convention in Colorado this weekend. At a campaign rally in upstate New York on Sunday, Trump told the GOP what he thought of their “scams,” believing they stole the election results. His supporters agree. If the party were to choose a candidate other than Trump, the businessman’s supporters say it would be tantamount to disenfranchisement. Despite his complaints, Trump still has substantial lead in New York.
Ted Cruz:Cruz won every delegate at the Republican National Convention in Colorado this weekend, where he confidently announced that he had defeated Trump in the 10th election.
Jan Kasich:Kasich has sampled nearly every Italian dish in the Bronx this week, perhaps thinking that New York votes with its taste buds. While the Ohio governor hasn’t won a single delegate since March 15, Michigan’s delegation managed to win one on Saturday snag 17 of his supporters. Kasich remains confident that the path to nomination is a controversial convention.
Democratic primaries
Hillary Clinton stopped in Buffalo, N.Y., on Friday to try to convince voters upstate that she had helped transform the region as their senator. She also criticized Sanders’ free college plan and ridiculed his suggestion that she was “not qualified” to be president. Her campaign up-to-date adBut she has her eye on Donald Trump. The ad, titled “Stronger Together,” criticizes Trump for his controversial comments on Muslims and abortion. In the meantime, she has received some support from President Obama, who insisted on Fox News Sunday that the FBI investigation into her emails will not be politically motivated. But he also acknowledged that her apply of a private server as secretary of state was “careless.” Clinton maintains, double-digit results in both New York and Pennsylvania, but after this weekend’s loss in Wyoming, it’s clear that momentum is not on her side.
Bernie Sanders won the Wyoming primary on Saturday, making him the eighth Democratic presidential candidate in the last nine elections to emerge victorious. The Vermont senator admitted that he exaggerated the number of people killed by Israel during the 2014 Gaza conflict during his New York Daily News interview last week, but told CNN’s Jake Tapper that Israel’s response was “disproportionate.” In other words, the Jewish senator is not proving to be Israel’s closest friend.
Number of delegates
Republicans
Trump-743
Cruz-545
Kasich-143
Democrats
Clinton-1,756
Sanders – 1,068
Primary/Debate Schedule
Thursday – Democratic Debate on CNN
