26 April primaries live: Clinton and Trump look to sweep in all five states

Nicole Rojas

Reuters

• The 26 primaries are already underway in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Some states have been voting since 6am EDT/11am BST and all states will close polling locations at 8pm EDT/1am BST.
• Republican Donald Trump is poised to win all five races as is Democrat Hillary Clinton. On the GOP side, rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich have limited chances of taking home any delegates. However, Clinton's Democratic rival Bernie Sanders could take home a number of delegates thanks to the party's proportional allocation system.
• Delegates counts in the GOP are: Trump 845; Cruz 559; and Kasich 148. There are 118 delegates available today. Candidates need 1,237 delegates for the nomination.
• Delegates counts in the Democratic side are: Clinton 1,941 and Sanders 1,191. There are 384 delegates up for grabs and candidates need 2,383 delegates to win the nomination.
• For a full breakdown of today's primaries, check out our primary preview Part 1 and Part 2.

1 hr 21:56

Trump's remaining rivals are determined to prevent him from winning the party's nomination. Cruz and Kasich have even gone as far as forming an unlikely alliance to stop Trump from reaching the necessary 1,237 delegates. In separate press releases on Sunday (24 April), the candidates said that Cruz will focus on winning in Indiana, while Kasich turns his attention to Oregon and New Mexico.

John Kasich defends primary contest deal with Ted Cruz

IBTimes UK

In response, Trump tweeted:

"Wow, just announced that Lyin' Ted and Kasich are going to collude in order to keep me from getting the Republican nomination. DESPERATION!"

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Supporters react as U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S. April 25, 2016.

Reuters

A new poll by Harvard's Institute of Politics on Monday (25 April) revealed just how badly Republican frontrunner Donald Trump does among millennial voters. When placed in a hypothetical general election race against Hillary Clinton, Trump only received 25% support compared to Clinton's 60%. Several other mock general election polls reveal Clinton hold the lead among all voters when paired with Trump.

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Welcome to our live coverage of tonight's primaries in five East Coast states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Party frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are poised to sweep all five states, but if past primaries are any indication, anything can happen.