At 7:50 PM East coast time, Donald Trump was named the winner in the Indiana primary. He won with 53.2 precent, Cruz came in second with 36.7%, and Kasich in third with 7.6%. The results caused candidate Ted Cruz to drop out of the race leaving Trump as the perspective nominee of the Republican party. The delegate distribution with Cruz out of the race gave Trump 51 with 6 other delegates not awarded to anybody yet.
In the Democratic primary race Sanders came out the victor. Although he won by a slim margin he still won the majority with 52.5%. That left Clinton with a second place loss and 47.5 percentile in the vote count. Sanders won a big 43 delegates, and Clinton won 37 delegates. Even with this win though, Clinton has almost clinched the Democratic nomination and needs only a couple hundred delegates to clinch the nomination to move to the general election.
This relates to my AP Government class because it will decide the future of our nation. Like most presidents, as we have learned in class, they make big footprints in the bureaucracy in the United States, and also in the history of the world. The next President has a lot of problems to face and it will be interesting to see which candidate America decides best to handle the job.
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Indiana Primary 5/03/16
Super Tuesday 4/26/16
SUPER TUESDAY 4/26/16
As the polls closed last Tuesday it was apparent on who won. Trump pulled away with all five states winning the majority of delegates and causing Cruz to no longer be able to reach the magic republican number of 1,237. With only five hundred and seventy one delegates left trump only needs about 250 delegates to clinch the republican ticket to go to the general election to face to democratic nominee. Trump currently has 996 delegates, Cruz has 565 delegates, and Kasich has 153 delegates.
Clinton also clinched a big win claiming four out of the five states and also basically clinched the democratic nomination to the general election. Sanders only won one state, which was Rhode Island, and will not be enough to gain any substantial foothold in the race against Clinton. Clinton has also hinted and basically said that Sanders should go ahead and leave the race, but Sanders is still holding out for some luck in the next super Tuesday election process. Clinton currently has 2,165 delegates, and Sanders has 1,357 delegates.
The reason this relates to my AP Government class is because this year is obviously an election year. We have also followed the race closely and watched every move the candidates have made to gain the support they have and the movement they caused. This election year is a great year to take classes like AP Gov because it causes extra controversy and excitement for our political system. It also shows interest in politics from kids and then with this election year, and with the death of justice Scalia, it has been an amazing class to learn and to have real life events to help demonstrate how our political system works.
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