Updates (by WAJ).
No surprise, the second the polls closed Trump was projected the winner. What remains to be seen is how many delegates he gets.
(added) As of 11:30 p.m., Trump has approximately 60% of the vote and is credited with 89 delegates, but that likely will go up a couple more as more final results come in. Kasich has 3, and Cruz none. So Trump did what he needed to do. But he’s still on a trajectory to fall short of 1237 on the first ballot.
A number of commenters on TV and Twitter also are pointing out the obvious — the Republican electorate in NY State is small relative to Democrats, so there remains no reason to believe Trump could carry the state in a general election.
Hillary v. Bernie currently not called, but “leaning” Hillary. Networks call it for Hillary.
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Before the close:
Today, New York votes. The Empire State’s primary has not been without drama. Independent voters who never registered with a party requested a temporary restraining order that would’ve opened New York’s closed primary to all voters. That request was denied by the judge.
The current delegate count:
The magic 1,237 delegate number is unlikely to be reached by any candidate before the convention. Up for grabs in New York are 95 delegates.
Donald Trump has held a steady lead in the polls, hovering around 30%. Behind him is John Kasich around 20%, followed by Cruz at 18%.
The current delegate count:
New York holds 247 Democratic delegates. Hillary has polled consistently above 50% with Sanders around 40%.
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