Donald J. Trump wrested back control of the Republican presidential race on Tuesday night with a commanding victory in the New York primary, while Hillary Clinton was battling against the multitudes of young Democrats, white men and liberals who turned out for Senator Bernie Sanders.
The Queens-born, Manhattan-made Mr. Trump, who campaigned vigorously for a huge vote total to revive his political fortunes, drew support from majorities of nearly every demographic group across the state, according to exit polls by Edison Research.
With Republicans turning out in relatively high numbers, Mr. Trump’s appeal was so strong that The Associated Press declared him the victor shortly after the polls closed at 9 p.m. Gov. John Kasich of Ohio led Senator Ted Cruz of Texas for a distant second place in early returns.
By routing his opponents, Mr. Trump improved his chances of winning the Republican nomination — and perhaps significantly, depending on whether the final vote totals translate into a sizable increase in his current delegate lead over Mr. Cruz.
But no matter the margin of victory, New York Republicans gave Mr. Trump a restorative psychic boost after weeks when Mr. Cruz scored a big victory in the Wisconsin primary and outmaneuvered the Trump campaign in Colorado, Wyoming and elsewhere in winning and electing delegates backing his candidacy.
Mr. Trump now has clear momentum heading into the next primaries in Pennsylvania, Connecticut and three other states next Tuesday — so much so that he evinced fresh optimism on Tuesday about ultimately getting to the 1,237 delegates needed to capture the nomination.
“I think I’ll get there,” Mr. Trump said in an interview before the polls closed.
In the Democratic race, which turned significantly more combative in New York as Mr. Sanders fought for an upset victory, Mrs. Clinton held an edge in early returns.
But the vote was marred by significant irregularities at polling places across Brooklyn. The city comptroller’s office said the Board of Elections had confirmed that more than 125,000 Democratic voters in Brooklyn were dropped between November and this month, while about 63,000 were added — a net loss that was not explained.
Mayor Bill de Blasio described “the purging of entire buildings and blocks of voters,” while the comptroller, Scott Stringer, said his office would audit the Board of Elections.
Sanders advisers had said that beating Mrs. Clinton in her adopted home state represented one of their campaign’s best opportunities to damage her candidacy and sew doubts about her strength as a general-election nominee. On Tuesday, however, Mrs. Clinton drew deep support among women and blacks — two groups that have been essential for her in many states — while Mr. Sanders was outpacing her among white men and people under 45, according to exit polls.
“Bernie Sanders got very negative attacking Hillary Clinton and dividing the party in New York, and I think he now has to ask himself if he wants to keep going down that path,” said Jay Jacobs, a Clinton supporter who is the Democratic chairman in Nassau County on Long Island. “After New York, we’re moving into a phase of the campaign where we have to start uniting the party.”
Mr. Sanders and his team spent Tuesday looking past New York, as the candidate campaigned in Pennsylvania and his advisers expressed optimism that he would perform strongly in next Tuesday’s primaries in that state as well as in Rhode Island and Connecticut. The other two states voting next week, Delaware and Maryland, are widely seen as Clinton strongholds. The Sanders campaign is already running television ads in those five states and Indiana, which votes May 3.
“Bernie is in good shape going forward no matter who wins New York,” said Tad Devine, a senior adviser on the Sanders campaign. “We could win enough delegates in Pennsylvania and Indiana to catch up further to her, and we have good opportunities all the way through California,” which votes June 7. Still, Mr. Devine acknowledged, “we’re going to have to have some big wins at the end” of the primary and caucus season.
Source: nytimes
The Queens-born, Manhattan-made Mr. Trump, who campaigned vigorously for a huge vote total to revive his political fortunes, drew support from majorities of nearly every demographic group across the state, according to exit polls by Edison Research.
With Republicans turning out in relatively high numbers, Mr. Trump’s appeal was so strong that The Associated Press declared him the victor shortly after the polls closed at 9 p.m. Gov. John Kasich of Ohio led Senator Ted Cruz of Texas for a distant second place in early returns.
By routing his opponents, Mr. Trump improved his chances of winning the Republican nomination — and perhaps significantly, depending on whether the final vote totals translate into a sizable increase in his current delegate lead over Mr. Cruz.
But no matter the margin of victory, New York Republicans gave Mr. Trump a restorative psychic boost after weeks when Mr. Cruz scored a big victory in the Wisconsin primary and outmaneuvered the Trump campaign in Colorado, Wyoming and elsewhere in winning and electing delegates backing his candidacy.
Mr. Trump now has clear momentum heading into the next primaries in Pennsylvania, Connecticut and three other states next Tuesday — so much so that he evinced fresh optimism on Tuesday about ultimately getting to the 1,237 delegates needed to capture the nomination.
“I think I’ll get there,” Mr. Trump said in an interview before the polls closed.
In the Democratic race, which turned significantly more combative in New York as Mr. Sanders fought for an upset victory, Mrs. Clinton held an edge in early returns.
But the vote was marred by significant irregularities at polling places across Brooklyn. The city comptroller’s office said the Board of Elections had confirmed that more than 125,000 Democratic voters in Brooklyn were dropped between November and this month, while about 63,000 were added — a net loss that was not explained.
Mayor Bill de Blasio described “the purging of entire buildings and blocks of voters,” while the comptroller, Scott Stringer, said his office would audit the Board of Elections.
Sanders advisers had said that beating Mrs. Clinton in her adopted home state represented one of their campaign’s best opportunities to damage her candidacy and sew doubts about her strength as a general-election nominee. On Tuesday, however, Mrs. Clinton drew deep support among women and blacks — two groups that have been essential for her in many states — while Mr. Sanders was outpacing her among white men and people under 45, according to exit polls.
“Bernie Sanders got very negative attacking Hillary Clinton and dividing the party in New York, and I think he now has to ask himself if he wants to keep going down that path,” said Jay Jacobs, a Clinton supporter who is the Democratic chairman in Nassau County on Long Island. “After New York, we’re moving into a phase of the campaign where we have to start uniting the party.”
Mr. Sanders and his team spent Tuesday looking past New York, as the candidate campaigned in Pennsylvania and his advisers expressed optimism that he would perform strongly in next Tuesday’s primaries in that state as well as in Rhode Island and Connecticut. The other two states voting next week, Delaware and Maryland, are widely seen as Clinton strongholds. The Sanders campaign is already running television ads in those five states and Indiana, which votes May 3.
“Bernie is in good shape going forward no matter who wins New York,” said Tad Devine, a senior adviser on the Sanders campaign. “We could win enough delegates in Pennsylvania and Indiana to catch up further to her, and we have good opportunities all the way through California,” which votes June 7. Still, Mr. Devine acknowledged, “we’re going to have to have some big wins at the end” of the primary and caucus season.
Source: nytimes
