New YorK, April 20: Donald Trump on Tuesday marched ahead in the Republican primary in New York.
Among Democrats, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were in a close race as polls closed.
Trump’s victory margin in his home state and the number of delegates he secures will determine the real impact of his win. If he captures more than 50 percent of the vote, he will be in a strong position to win most of New York’s 95 delegates.
Trump leads the Republican race with 756 delegates, ahead of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz with 559 and Kasich with 144. Securing the Republican nomination requires 1,237.
Clinton has 1,758 delegates to Sanders’ 1,076. Those totals include both pledged delegates from primaries and caucuses and superdelegates, the party insiders who can back the candidate of their choice regardless of how their state votes. It takes 2,383 to win the Democratic nomination.
