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Trump, Clinton Win Big in Arizona; Cruz, Sanders Snag Utah
The Most Important States On Trump’s Path To 1,237 Delegates
On Monday, we published the results of a survey of fellow presidential election delegate obsessives that we conducted in an effort to map out Donald Trump’s route to the 1,237 delegates he needs to clinch the Republican nomination. So for this week’s politics Slack chat, we also gathered the available members of that panel to talk over/geek out on the results. The transcript below has been lightly edited.
Read More >>5 takeaways from Western Tuesday
Presidential front-runners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump each fended off their challengers in Arizona’s primaries on a “Western Tuesday” on which the terrorist attacks in Brussels forced foreign policy to the forefront of the 2016 campaign.
Bernie Sanders fought back with caucus wins in Idaho and Utah, and Ted Cruz not only captured a victory in Utah but the Beehive State’s entire delegate haul.
Read More >>5 things to watch for on Tuesday
Tuesday marks the latest presidential battleground as challengers look to make their last gasps in the fight against front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Voters on both sides of the aisle will head to the polls in Arizona and Utah, while Democrats will also vote in Idaho, in races that will help show whether Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders have any fight left.
Read More >>Trump Keeps National Lead but Divisions Exist Among Evangelicals
Though Donald Trump had a very strong night on March 15, his national support remained virtually unchanged this week. Despite maintaining a plurality of support in the Republican primary contest for the past few months, Trump has failed to reach a majority of support among Republicans and Republican-leaning voters as the field continues to winnow.
Read More >>2016 How Trump wins the West, even if he loses
Donald Trump’s rivals are once again going to the extra mile to hold each other back — and Trump is once again set to profit from it.
Trump spent the election’s first two months opening a large delegate lead, in part because is rivals keep cutting into each other’s strength. Now they’re set up to do it again Tuesday, when Republicans compete in Arizona and Utah.
Read More >>Sanders Leads February Fundraising Numbers
The presidential campaigns and supporting (but independent) “super PACs” reported their fundraising hauls for February over the weekend, and the runaway winner was Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Fox News has an AP reports providing in-depth information and analysis on where the candidates stand and what it might mean going forward:
The money trail: Cruz trounces Kasich, Sanders outraises Clinton in February
John Kasich, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, the final three Republican candidates running for president, began this month with drastically different ... Read More >>