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| Clinton, Trump and Sanders gear up for New York primary – campaign live | Clinton, Trump and Sanders gear up for New York primary – campaign live |
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| Saturday saw a victory for Bernie Sanders in caucuses in Wyoming – but he split the delegates evenly with rival Hillary Clinton, reported Dan Roberts and Lauren Gambino: | |
| The Vermont senator finished 12 points ahead of former secretary of state Hillary Clinton with 56%-44% of the vote in Wyoming, after a caucus that underlined his continued challenge to her among white voters drawn to his more radical economic platform. | |
| The eventual margin of victory was slimmer than some pundits had anticipatedand fell short of his recent 58.9%-to-40.4% win in neighbouring Colorado. | |
| Nonetheless, it represented a convincing victory for a 74-year-old democratic socialist in one of the most conservative states the country. | |
| In 2008, Barack Obama defeated Clinton in Wyoming by 61% to 38%, but fewer than a fifth of registered voters in the state are Democrats. Sanders has tended to fare better than Clinton in states using the caucus system rather than larger primary elections. | |
| Related: Bernie Sanders takes Wyoming caucus but Hillary Clinton picks up delegates | |
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| Here’s a peek at team Bernie Sanders in New York, as campaign operations unfolded this weekend: | |
| Michael Stipe of REM, center, who's accompanying Bernie Sanders this afternoon as he campaigns on Coney Island. pic.twitter.com/14suUeqxF6 | |
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| Trump loses delegate fights in multiple states | Trump loses delegate fights in multiple states |
| Donald Trump has been pretty good at winning Republican votes, but in the willfully complicated game of capturing delegates whose loyalty at the national convention he can count on, the frontrunner has shown less proficiency. | Donald Trump has been pretty good at winning Republican votes, but in the willfully complicated game of capturing delegates whose loyalty at the national convention he can count on, the frontrunner has shown less proficiency. |
| Trump’s troubles first emerged last month in Louisiana, where it appears that Ted Cruz will have a 10-delegate lead despite Trump’s narrow victory in the state’s primary. | Trump’s troubles first emerged last month in Louisiana, where it appears that Ted Cruz will have a 10-delegate lead despite Trump’s narrow victory in the state’s primary. |
| Now Trump, in one weekend, has lost delegates battles in at least five and possibly six states. | Now Trump, in one weekend, has lost delegates battles in at least five and possibly six states. |
| If this tale of seemingly shifting delegates is confusing, there’s good reason: each state has its own set of rules for electing delegates, who participate in a nominating process that is itself defined by complicated rules that can change. Sound rigged? Trump thinks so: | If this tale of seemingly shifting delegates is confusing, there’s good reason: each state has its own set of rules for electing delegates, who participate in a nominating process that is itself defined by complicated rules that can change. Sound rigged? Trump thinks so: |
| I win a state in votes and then get non-representative delegates because they are offered all sorts of goodies by Cruz campaign. Bad system! | I win a state in votes and then get non-representative delegates because they are offered all sorts of goodies by Cruz campaign. Bad system! |
| A look at where and how Trump lost this weekend sheds light on some of the complexities of the process. | A look at where and how Trump lost this weekend sheds light on some of the complexities of the process. |
| In Iowa, Cruz earned almost every delegate for grabs in the state’s four congressional district conventions. The Trump campaign had only urged supporters to attend the state’s first-in-the-nation caucuses on 1 February and had made no attempt to encourage Trump supporters to be involved in electing delegates. | In Iowa, Cruz earned almost every delegate for grabs in the state’s four congressional district conventions. The Trump campaign had only urged supporters to attend the state’s first-in-the-nation caucuses on 1 February and had made no attempt to encourage Trump supporters to be involved in electing delegates. |
| In Colorado, there was never a statewide Republican vote to determine a presidential preference, although there was a vote to elect delegates to a state convention where some national delegates would be elected. The state convention happened at the weekend, and Trump lost the fight for all 13 delegates at stake. | In Colorado, there was never a statewide Republican vote to determine a presidential preference, although there was a vote to elect delegates to a state convention where some national delegates would be elected. The state convention happened at the weekend, and Trump lost the fight for all 13 delegates at stake. |
| Related: Ted Cruz sweeps Colorado amid Trump camp's disarray | Related: Ted Cruz sweeps Colorado amid Trump camp's disarray |
| In South Carolina, Republicans appeared to be selecting more national delegates loyal to Cruz than to Trump, despite Trump’s 10-point victory in the state’s primary in February. The delegates are required to vote Trump in a first round of voting at the national convention – but in a second round, should one be required, and thereafter the delegates may vote for whomever they wish. | In South Carolina, Republicans appeared to be selecting more national delegates loyal to Cruz than to Trump, despite Trump’s 10-point victory in the state’s primary in February. The delegates are required to vote Trump in a first round of voting at the national convention – but in a second round, should one be required, and thereafter the delegates may vote for whomever they wish. |
| In Virginia, Cruz “edged out Trump in the convention in Virginia’s ninth congressional district,” reported Ben Jacobs. Cruz won two delegates to Trump’s one in an area where Trump won 47% of the vote in the state’s 1 March primary. The delegates would be bound in a first round of voting at the national convention but not thereafter. | In Virginia, Cruz “edged out Trump in the convention in Virginia’s ninth congressional district,” reported Ben Jacobs. Cruz won two delegates to Trump’s one in an area where Trump won 47% of the vote in the state’s 1 March primary. The delegates would be bound in a first round of voting at the national convention but not thereafter. |
| Indiana, where the Republican party machine has been loath to accept Trump, began selecting delegates from congressional districts before the state’s 3 May primary. As in South Carolina, the delegates have an anti-Trump bent, Time reported. | Indiana, where the Republican party machine has been loath to accept Trump, began selecting delegates from congressional districts before the state’s 3 May primary. As in South Carolina, the delegates have an anti-Trump bent, Time reported. |
| In Michigan, where Republicans held their state convention on Saturday, Trump and Ohio governor John Kasich were able to combine to win key slots on the rules committee and credentials committee and elect all the delegates they earned in the state’s March primary. But Cruz’s campaign “believes they have installed loyalists in about five delegate slots among the 25 delegates pledged to Trump,” the Time report said. | In Michigan, where Republicans held their state convention on Saturday, Trump and Ohio governor John Kasich were able to combine to win key slots on the rules committee and credentials committee and elect all the delegates they earned in the state’s March primary. But Cruz’s campaign “believes they have installed loyalists in about five delegate slots among the 25 delegates pledged to Trump,” the Time report said. |
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| 2013: long ago. | 2013: long ago. |
| this is a good exchange on social media https://t.co/japRV0nRog pic.twitter.com/qySW0wwwgu | this is a good exchange on social media https://t.co/japRV0nRog pic.twitter.com/qySW0wwwgu |
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| Trump kids fail to register to vote | Trump kids fail to register to vote |
| “They feel very, very, guilty,” Donald Trump said of his two children, Ivanka and Eric, who are New York residents but who failed to register to vote in time for the state’s 19 April primary. | “They feel very, very, guilty,” Donald Trump said of his two children, Ivanka and Eric, who are New York residents but who failed to register to vote in time for the state’s 19 April primary. |
| Does the failure of the Trump children to register to vote in his home state bespeak a bigger problem with his campaign’s get-out-the-vote efforts? | Does the failure of the Trump children to register to vote in his home state bespeak a bigger problem with his campaign’s get-out-the-vote efforts? |
| Trump is sailing as the frontrunner in New York, but he needs every vote he can muster if he is to cross the 50% mark statewide and in each congressional district. Any candidate who crosses that threshold gets all the delegates at stake. If no candidate crosses the threshold, the delegates are awarded proportionally. | Trump is sailing as the frontrunner in New York, but he needs every vote he can muster if he is to cross the 50% mark statewide and in each congressional district. Any candidate who crosses that threshold gets all the delegates at stake. If no candidate crosses the threshold, the delegates are awarded proportionally. |
| Here’s Trump’s phone interview with Fox on the topic, re-posted from the intro: | Here’s Trump’s phone interview with Fox on the topic, re-posted from the intro: |
| “They feel very, very guilty.” @realDonaldTrump on Ivanka & Eric not registering in time to vote in the NY primaryhttps://t.co/UfQ5ZXVRqL | “They feel very, very guilty.” @realDonaldTrump on Ivanka & Eric not registering in time to vote in the NY primaryhttps://t.co/UfQ5ZXVRqL |
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| Clinton pitch to NY voters: 'tough enough to stop Trump' | Clinton pitch to NY voters: 'tough enough to stop Trump' |
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| The Hillary Clinton camp released an ad Monday making the case that Clinton is the only candidate “tough enough” to defeat Donald Trump in a general election match-up. | The Hillary Clinton camp released an ad Monday making the case that Clinton is the only candidate “tough enough” to defeat Donald Trump in a general election match-up. |
| The ad, which will run in New York ahead of next week’s primary, calls out Trump for saying that women who have abortions should be “punished”. (He later sought to retract the remark.) The ad also hits Trump for labeling Mexicans as rapists and for calling for a ban on Muslims seeking to enter the US. | The ad, which will run in New York ahead of next week’s primary, calls out Trump for saying that women who have abortions should be “punished”. (He later sought to retract the remark.) The ad also hits Trump for labeling Mexicans as rapists and for calling for a ban on Muslims seeking to enter the US. |
| “Donald Trump says we can solve America’s problems by turning against each other,” Clinton says in the ad, titled Stronger Together. “It’s wrong and it goes against everything New York and America stands for.” | “Donald Trump says we can solve America’s problems by turning against each other,” Clinton says in the ad, titled Stronger Together. “It’s wrong and it goes against everything New York and America stands for.” |
| The ad ends: “With so much at stake, she’s the one tough enough to stop Trump.” | The ad ends: “With so much at stake, she’s the one tough enough to stop Trump.” |
| Bernie Sanders also has a new ad, Bolder, referencing Ted Cruz’s sneer about Trump’s “New York values”. | Bernie Sanders also has a new ad, Bolder, referencing Ted Cruz’s sneer about Trump’s “New York values”. |
| Sanders, the ad says, is the “Brooklyn-born, native son” candidate who embodies “values, forged in New York”. | Sanders, the ad says, is the “Brooklyn-born, native son” candidate who embodies “values, forged in New York”. |
| Sanders has argued that polls consistently show him defeating Trump in a potential general election match-up by a more decisive margin than Clinton, although some polling experts have said its too early to judge a general election matchup. | Sanders has argued that polls consistently show him defeating Trump in a potential general election match-up by a more decisive margin than Clinton, although some polling experts have said its too early to judge a general election matchup. |
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| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. The race is on for New York: both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have stops planned in Albany, the capital, today, while Hillary Clinton is scheduled to speak about gun violence on Long Island. Ohio governor John Kasich has two town hall events upstate. | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. The race is on for New York: both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have stops planned in Albany, the capital, today, while Hillary Clinton is scheduled to speak about gun violence on Long Island. Ohio governor John Kasich has two town hall events upstate. |
| Ted Cruz, meanwhile, has slipped away to the west coast for events in Orange County and San Diego, well in advance of the California primary on 7 June. | Ted Cruz, meanwhile, has slipped away to the west coast for events in Orange County and San Diego, well in advance of the California primary on 7 June. |
| Clinton is out with a new ad targeting New Yorkers and pitching herself as the only Democrat strong enough to take on Trump. Our Lauren Gambino will take a look shortly. | Clinton is out with a new ad targeting New Yorkers and pitching herself as the only Democrat strong enough to take on Trump. Our Lauren Gambino will take a look shortly. |
| Trump decided at the weekend that politics is a dirty, corrupt business. That was after he lost delegate fights in five states. In some cases, such as in South Carolina, the state party chose some delegates likely to abandon Trump after the first round of voting at the national convention in July, should a second round be required, in spite of Trump’s 10-point win in the state’s February primary. | Trump decided at the weekend that politics is a dirty, corrupt business. That was after he lost delegate fights in five states. In some cases, such as in South Carolina, the state party chose some delegates likely to abandon Trump after the first round of voting at the national convention in July, should a second round be required, in spite of Trump’s 10-point win in the state’s February primary. |
| “We’ve got a corrupt system, its not right,” Trump said at a rally in Rochester, New York on Sunday. “We’re supposed to be a democracy. We’re supposed to be you vote and the vote means something ... and we’ve got to do something about it.” | “We’ve got a corrupt system, its not right,” Trump said at a rally in Rochester, New York on Sunday. “We’re supposed to be a democracy. We’re supposed to be you vote and the vote means something ... and we’ve got to do something about it.” |
| Related: Ted Cruz sweeps Colorado amid Trump camp's disarray | Related: Ted Cruz sweeps Colorado amid Trump camp's disarray |
| Trump’s critics blame his delegate slippage on what they say is his campaign’s disorganization and ignorance of party rules. Trump revealed on Monday that two of his three children who live in New York did not know the rules for registering to vote in the state and so will not cast ballots in the 19 April primary. | Trump’s critics blame his delegate slippage on what they say is his campaign’s disorganization and ignorance of party rules. Trump revealed on Monday that two of his three children who live in New York did not know the rules for registering to vote in the state and so will not cast ballots in the 19 April primary. |
| “They feel very, very guilty.” @realDonaldTrump on Ivanka & Eric not registering in time to vote in the NY primaryhttps://t.co/UfQ5ZXVRqL | “They feel very, very guilty.” @realDonaldTrump on Ivanka & Eric not registering in time to vote in the NY primaryhttps://t.co/UfQ5ZXVRqL |
| Donald Jr is the new favorite? | Donald Jr is the new favorite? |
| CNN, meanwhile, announced three town halls on consecutive nights this week, with the Republican candidates and their families: | CNN, meanwhile, announced three town halls on consecutive nights this week, with the Republican candidates and their families: |
| On Monday 11 April, Ohio governor John Kasich will be joined by his wife Karen and daughters Reese and Emma. On Tuesday, Trump will be joined by his wife Melania and children Ivanka, Eric, and Donald Jr. On Wednesday, Texas senator Ted Cruz will be joined by his wife Heidi. Each candidate and his family will speak with Anderson Cooper and take questions from an audience of registered Republican voters. | On Monday 11 April, Ohio governor John Kasich will be joined by his wife Karen and daughters Reese and Emma. On Tuesday, Trump will be joined by his wife Melania and children Ivanka, Eric, and Donald Jr. On Wednesday, Texas senator Ted Cruz will be joined by his wife Heidi. Each candidate and his family will speak with Anderson Cooper and take questions from an audience of registered Republican voters. |
| Related: Kevin Spacey: House of Cards 'doesn’t go far enough' in reflecting US election | Related: Kevin Spacey: House of Cards 'doesn’t go far enough' in reflecting US election |