Last-ditch efforts in US to win Tuesday’s NY primary
With one day left to the New York primary, Democratic and Republican hopefuls in the US are engaged in last-ditch efforts to win most votes in the key state.
As rallies were underway Monday, a new poll shows the the two party’s front runners were gaining a stronger lead.
The Emerson College showed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was leading Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders 55-40 in the Democratic side, while the GOP race saw billionaire Donald Trump ahead of Ohio governor John Kasich 55-21.
The poll result showed a mere 18 percent support for Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who has portrayed himself as the main opponent of Trump.
On the Democratic side, Sanders has gained most support among the New York youths (18-34 year olds) with a 61 percent support compared to Clinton’s 31 percent support, while Hillary, a former New York senator, is popular among African Americans, 72 percent, and Hispanics 56 percent with the New York-born Sanders standing lower at 22 and 33 percent respectively.
The hopefuls were campaigning Monday for a greater support with Sanders walking down a street in Bronx and shaking hands with people as Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards was expressing support for Clinton.
"A woman voting for Ted Cruz is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders," said Richards.
“In addition to being the most qualified presidential candidate this country has seen in a generation, she has spent her entire life fighting for women and families,” she wrote in a column for the Huffington Post earlier. We knew we couldn’t sit on the sidelines. "We issued our first-ever primary endorsement because Hillary is a standout leader on reproductive health. And because the challenges facing the people who come to Planned Parenthood health centers were too urgent for us to ‘wait and see.’”
Meanwhile, Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, a former GOP candidate, was rallying for Cruz in Towson, Maryland.
Trump also called on New Yorkers to “go out and vote” on Tuesday, promising to “make you proud,… bring back jobs,… make trade deals,… strengthen our military, and take care of health care.”
Kasich, who has only won one primary and that in his home state Ohio, was also endorsed by the great-grandson of 26th US President Theodore Roosevelt.
“I have known Governor Kasich for years. In my opinion, he is by far the best- qualified republican candidate and the only one who could win the general election,” said Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt IV.
With 95 delegates at stake for the Republicans and 247 for the Democrats, the Empire State primary could play a significant role in the hopefuls’ effort to gain nomination from their parties.
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