Hillary Clinton still leads the Democratic field nationally with 49 percent support among Democrats and Democratic-leaners, but her margin narrows slightly to six points from nine points last week, while Bernie Sanders has support from 43 percent of the Democratic electorate, according to the latest NBC News/SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking poll.
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Trump, Clinton officially win Missouri
Nearly a month after voters cast their ballots, the primary results in Missouri have finally been made official, and Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton can add the state to their list of wins.
On Tuesday, Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander tweeted: “This morning I certified the presidential preference primary. @HillaryClinton and @realDonaldTrump have officially won Missouri.”
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Inside Bernie Sanders’ vast, virtual ground game
Bernie Sanders’ campaign has been marked by the huge crowds turning out to his rallies, packing arenas with 20,000 people or more. But the key to his staying power in the 2016 race lies in more modest venues — living rooms, libraries and Internet chat apps — where his campaign turns the senator’s online fans into a volunteer army that surpasses anything seen in presidential politics.
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Polls: Trump, Clinton up big in New York and Pennsylvania
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton lead their opponents by double digits among likely primary voters in New York and Pennsylvania, according to the results of the latest Fox News polls, which also found the former secretary of state leading the Republican front-runner in hypothetical matchups in both states.
In his native New York, Trump grabbed 54 percent support among those likely to vote in the April 19 primary, while Ohio Gov. John Kasich finished a distant second with 22 percent. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz earned 15 percent, with 6 percent saying they did not know whom they would back.
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New York’s Closed Primary Could Be Bernie Sanders’ Achilles’ Heel
New York is the first in a series of upcoming “closed primaries,” which allow only registered Democrats to participate - and that could create a major problem for Bernie Sanders.
The Vermont senator is the longest serving independent member of Congress in American history, and independent voters have fueled his success across the country.
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Bernie looks to extend his winning streak
Bernie Sanders is poised to notch another win Saturday — his eighth victory out of the past nine Democratic primary contests — a result his campaign will likely claim gives the Vermont senator unstoppable momentum heading into a spate of bigger states.
Indeed, even before all the votes were counted in Wisconsin Tuesday, Sanders was moving to lock down Wyoming, the lone state to vote before the pivotal April 19 New York primary.
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Insiders: 90 percent predict contested GOP convention
Republican insiders overwhelmingly believe this summer’s national convention will require multiple ballots to select the presidential nominee.
That’s according to The POLITICO Caucus – a panel of operatives, activists and strategists in 10 key battleground states – with roughly 90 percent of respondents saying neither Donald Trump nor Ted Cruz will win the nomination on the first ballot in Cleveland.
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