The results weren’t surprising,but the wide margins of victory reveal both frontrunners are well on their way to their parties’ nominationsHillary Clinton wins decisive victory over Bernie Sanders in New York
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Electoral augurs long predicted the results of tonight’s Empire State primary, with handy victories for native son Donald Trump and quasi-native daughter Hillary Clinton, and but the margins of their victories offer boosts in both momentum and delegate allocation that even the most hopeful members of their campaigns likely didn’t anticipate.
The past month hadn’t been easy for either candidate,with both Trump and Clinton seeing their frontrunner status threatened by strings of electoral victories and wars of delegate attrition waged by their opponents. But with a pair of momentous victories in New York, Trump and Clinton now appear to have righted their ships – and are cruising towards their respective parties’ nominations. Related: US election delegate tracker: who's winning the presidential nomination? Thank you to all those who came out tonight in New York! Onward to five more states voting next week.
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Source: theguardian.com