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Mr Trump appeared pugnacious but reasonably restrained when he appeared before supporters after enjoying victories in Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland and Connecticut.
“I just want to thank everyone,” he said, speaking at Trump Tower in New York. “This is a bigger win than we expected - 0-5. And not only was it 0-5, it was 60, 65, 67 [points]. When you crack 60 points when there are three people, that is a very hard thing to do.” He added: “I consider myself the presumptive nominee. We have millions more votes than Cruz. We have millions more votes than Kasich ... It’s over. As far as I’m concerned, it’s over.”
For the Democrats, Hillary Clinton claimed victory in four of the states - Delaware, Connecticut, Maryland and Pennsylvania - that voted in the so-called “Acela Primary”, named after a high speed train that cuts through the states that were voting. Her rival, Bernie Sanders, won just one state, Rhode Island, the smallest state in the union.
Many believe no candidate will do so, opening the way for a so-called contested convention in which Mr Trump’s opponents would seek to block him.
An average of polls collated by Real Clear Politics ahead of voting had put the tycoon 25 clear in Rhode Island, 17 points clear in Maryland, 19 points clear in Pennsylvania, 26 points clear in Connecticut and as many as 37 points ahead in Delaware
Donald Trump declares himself the 'presumptive Republican nominee' after clean sweep | US elections | News | The Independent
“I just want to thank everyone,” he said, speaking at Trump Tower in New York. “This is a bigger win than we expected - 0-5. And not only was it 0-5, it was 60, 65, 67 [points]. When you crack 60 points when there are three people, that is a very hard thing to do.” He added: “I consider myself the presumptive nominee. We have millions more votes than Cruz. We have millions more votes than Kasich ... It’s over. As far as I’m concerned, it’s over.”
For the Democrats, Hillary Clinton claimed victory in four of the states - Delaware, Connecticut, Maryland and Pennsylvania - that voted in the so-called “Acela Primary”, named after a high speed train that cuts through the states that were voting. Her rival, Bernie Sanders, won just one state, Rhode Island, the smallest state in the union.
Many believe no candidate will do so, opening the way for a so-called contested convention in which Mr Trump’s opponents would seek to block him.
An average of polls collated by Real Clear Politics ahead of voting had put the tycoon 25 clear in Rhode Island, 17 points clear in Maryland, 19 points clear in Pennsylvania, 26 points clear in Connecticut and as many as 37 points ahead in Delaware
Donald Trump declares himself the 'presumptive Republican nominee' after clean sweep | US elections | News | The Independent
