By Katie Davis W ith a recent win in the five primary states Donald Trump has his eye on the prize and is just a couple of hundred delegates short of the 1237 delegates needed to claim the Republican nomination and avoid what will be a much contested convention in July. Trump is ahead in the polls for New Jersey and West Virginia, which leaves Indiana and California as the two States to give him the numbers needed to secure the Republican nomination and as Trump would say, ``This would be huge.`` Trump will have to turn up the campaign heat in both Indiana and Cali- fornia to increase his small lead in the polls as this election preseason has shown that leads can disappear overnight. For once Republican Party Rules might actually work in Trump’s favor because the delegate rules allocate the majority of the delegates to the winning candidate regardless of popular vote, so the rule that he has some much apposed during his run, could be the one that will give Trump the magic number to clinch the Republican nomination, who ironic would that be. After the dust settled on Tuesday April 26th, Trump had taken all 118 delegates available in the primaries; Connecticut (28), Delaware (16), Maryland (38), Pennsylvania (17) and Rhode Island (19). Trump’s new magic number is 250 with 583 delegates remaining. So as it stands today Trump has 987 delegates, Cruz is falling further behind with 562 dele- gates and Kasich is all but out with 153 delegates. At this point in the poll Trump is leading in New Jersey and West Virginia, and could take as many as 85 delegates, which would reduce the number to 165. As we look to Washington, Oregon and New Mexico experts are saying that Trump could capture another 40 delegates leaving 125
needed to take the nomination.
Summer might be just around the corner but not everything is sunny skies Trumps political future as he is currently behind in the polls in Washington, Oregon and New Mexico and these are winner-take-all states so if he is unable to win these primaries then Trump is heading into Indiana and California with 229 delegates at stake, but good news for Trump is that he has led in the polls for months and these are winner takes all states. So where are we at with the number after all is said. Well, if Trump wins both States or he just wins in California, this should propel Trump to the magic number to secure the Republican nomination and the chance go head to head with Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton. However a loss in California and a win in Indiana would send the Republicans into a Party Nomination Convention where anything could and most likely will happen.
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