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| Wisconsin primary: Sanders and Cruz narrow delegate gaps – campaign live | Wisconsin primary: Sanders and Cruz narrow delegate gaps – campaign live |
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| Why Cruz and Sanders' victories in Wisconsin primaries matter | |
| Mona Chalabi | |
| In theory, Wisconsin’s primaries aren’t that much of a big deal, with only 138 delegates available across both the Democratic and Republican parties. | |
| But in practice, at this point in the election calendar, Wisconsin matters a lot. And the wins that Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders clinched on Tuesday night have helped clarify the race to the White House: Sanders isn’t the only candidate who faces an uphill climb to get his party’s nomination – things aren’t going to be easy for Donald Trump either. The New York billionaire increasingly faces the prospect of a contested convention. | |
| The Republican race | |
| Cruz obtained 48% of the votes in Wisconsin, 13 percentage points ahead of Trump (and 34 percentage points ahead of Kasich). Because Wisconsin is largely a winner-takes-all state for Republicans, that vote share was enough for the Texas senator to pick up 36 of the 42 delegates available here. As a result, Cruz has brought up his delegate total to 502. That’s still behind Trump’s current total of 739 delegates but it’s significant because Cruz’s win helps to hold Trump back from that golden finish line: the 1,237 delegates needed to win the Republican nomination. | |
| Polling had predicted a much narrower win for Cruz. Averages collected by Real Clear Politics suggested that Cruz would defeat Trump by a margin of less thanfive percentage points (polls also underestimated the performance of Sanders, who beat Hillary by a margin four times bigger than predicted). | |
| It’s likely that Cruz owes at least some of that success to Marco Rubio’s decision to drop out of the Republican race three weeks ago. A month ago, polling suggested Rubio and Trump were level pegging in Wisconsin. Nationally, it looks as though most Rubio supporters are choosing Cruz as their second choice rather than Trump – last night’s results would suggest that a similar trend happened in Wisconsin. | |
| Read the rest of Mona’s piece - including the importance of Sanders winning Wisconsin - over here. | |
| Related: Why Cruz and Sanders' victories in Wisconsin primaries matter | |
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| This morning on MSNBC’s Morning Joe Clinton was quizzed about whether Senator Elizabeth Warren - who has yet to endorse either Democratic candidate - would have a role in her White House. | |
| “I am looking forward to working with her closely,” replied Clinton. | |
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| Hillary Clinton appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe program today, with a very husky voice after intense days of campaigning. | |
| She was asked about Bernie Sanders’ ability to be president, based on his recent interview with the Daily News editorial board where he was quizzed on how he would break up the banks and whether the president had that authority. | |
| “I think the interview raised a lot of really serious questions,” said Clinton. “The core of his campaign has been break up the banks and it didn’t seem, in reading his answers, that he understood exactly how that would work... That means you can’t really help people if you don’t know how to do what you are campaigning and saying you want to do.” | |
| She was asked Sanders should end his race since the numbers game makes it near impossible for him to win. | |
| “I’m the last person who would tell anybody to walk away from a campaign,” said Clinton. | |
| When asked if she considers Sanders a Democrat, she replied: | |
| “Well I think he himself doesn’t consider himself to be a Democrat. He’s raised a lot of important issues the Democratic party believe in… that’s up to democratic voters to make that assessment.” | |
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| It’s the morning after the Wisconsin primary, where Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz both beat their respective parties’ leading candidates. | It’s the morning after the Wisconsin primary, where Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz both beat their respective parties’ leading candidates. |
| “Tonight is a turning point. It is a rallying cry. It is a call from the hard-working men and women of Wisconsin to the people of America: we have a choice. A real choice,” said Cruz after his victory. Cruz won 33 delegates last night, making a contested Republican convention even more likely. | “Tonight is a turning point. It is a rallying cry. It is a call from the hard-working men and women of Wisconsin to the people of America: we have a choice. A real choice,” said Cruz after his victory. Cruz won 33 delegates last night, making a contested Republican convention even more likely. |
| “Momentum is starting the campaign 60-70 points behind Secretary Clinton. Momentum is that within the last couple of weeks there have been national polls which have us one point up or one point down,” declared Sanders, who picked up 45 delegates last night. | “Momentum is starting the campaign 60-70 points behind Secretary Clinton. Momentum is that within the last couple of weeks there have been national polls which have us one point up or one point down,” declared Sanders, who picked up 45 delegates last night. |
| Sanders has won of the last eight contests – although he’s still way behind in the delegate count. A new web ad for Bernie – featuring Diplo’s song Revolution – launched on Wednesday morning. | Sanders has won of the last eight contests – although he’s still way behind in the delegate count. A new web ad for Bernie – featuring Diplo’s song Revolution – launched on Wednesday morning. |
| Meanwhile, Sanders will host a rally in Philadelphia this afternoon at 5pm. Ohio governor John Kasich will give his State of the State address at 7pm, which will focus on Ohio, but since he’s been referencing his state experience repeatedly throughout his presidential campaign, expect it to also be part of his campaigning. | Meanwhile, Sanders will host a rally in Philadelphia this afternoon at 5pm. Ohio governor John Kasich will give his State of the State address at 7pm, which will focus on Ohio, but since he’s been referencing his state experience repeatedly throughout his presidential campaign, expect it to also be part of his campaigning. |
| In Donald Trump news, this morning a white supporter accused of punching a black protester in the face at a Trump rally will face court over charges of assault and disorderly conduct in Fayatteville, North Carolina. | In Donald Trump news, this morning a white supporter accused of punching a black protester in the face at a Trump rally will face court over charges of assault and disorderly conduct in Fayatteville, North Carolina. |
| Trump will hold his first New York campaign event today, a rally in Bethpage at 7pm tonight. The Guardian’s Ed Pilkington will be there. | Trump will hold his first New York campaign event today, a rally in Bethpage at 7pm tonight. The Guardian’s Ed Pilkington will be there. |
| This morning Hillary Clinton is appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, a rare morning TV appearance. Then today she’s got two events in Pennsylvania, a union convention in Philadelphia that starts from 11.15am ET and then an organizing event in Pittsburgh. The Guardian’s Lauren Gambino will be at today’s Philly event. | This morning Hillary Clinton is appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, a rare morning TV appearance. Then today she’s got two events in Pennsylvania, a union convention in Philadelphia that starts from 11.15am ET and then an organizing event in Pittsburgh. The Guardian’s Lauren Gambino will be at today’s Philly event. |
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