Indiana primary live: Trump aims to lock in GOP race, but Democratic contest is a toss up
By Nicole Rojas
Indiana voters go to the polls in Indianapolis, Indiana May 3, 2016.Reuters
Voters in Indiana head to the polls today, with polling locations opening at 6am EDT/11am BST and closing at 6pm EDT/11pm BST.
Polls show Donald Trump and Hillary
Clinton ahead in the Hoosier State, however, Clinton's lead over rival
Bernie Sanders is in single digits and could easily turn.
Delegate counts stand as follows:
Trump has 996, followed by Ted Cruz with 565 and John Kasich with 153 on
the GOP side. On the Democratic side, Clinton leads with 2,165 and
Sanders has 1,357. Republicans need 1,237 for the nomination, while
Democrats need 2,383.
For everything you need to know about today's primary, check out our complete guide here.
Now 21:45
Further clarification on the latest Trump-Cruz fight:
h/t CNN
16 min 21:28 Republican
Presidential candidate Donald Trump brings up a Latino member of the
audience as he speaks during a campaign event in Tucson, Arizona March
19, 2016.Reuters
An April 2016 poll by Gallup/Latino Decisions reveals Trump has been very successful at uniting Latino voters...against
him. According to the poll, just nine out of 100 Latinos have a
favourable opinion of the bombastic billionaire real estate mogul. His
support in a general election against Democrats Clinton and Sanders
skyrockets to a whopping 11%, the poll revealed.
The results may spell bad news for The Donald,
even if he says he's got the Latino vote. As past presidential
elections show, candidates cannot win a general election without the
support of Latino voters.
The
race in Indiana has been intense from the get-go, particularly between
GOP candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. Earlier today, Trump repeated
unsubstantiated claims—reported by the National Enquirer—that Cruz's
father, Rafael Cruz, had links to John F Kennedy's killer, Lee Harvey
Oswald.
Cruz immediately
refuted the claims and hit back at the Republican frontrunner during a
campaign stop in Evansville, Indiana. "This man is utterly immoral,"
Cruz told the media. "Morality doesn't exist for him." He went on to
refer to Trump as a "serial philanderer" and a "narcissist at a level I
don't think this country has ever seen."
Welcome
to our live coverage of today's Indiana primary! Polls show party
frontrunners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in the lead in the Hoosier
State. However, Clinton's lead against rival Bernie Sanders has been
slipping in recent polls, so the Democratic race could be won by either
candidate.
Polls are set to close in parts of the state at 6pm EDT/11pm BST.
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