PHOTO: Donald Trump moves closer to Republican nomination after New York victory — but it’s far from assured


Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton won big in New York on Tuesday night, but what does it mean for the Republican and Democratic contests for the US Presidency?

I joined BBC Radio Foyle and BBC World Service on Wednesday to work through that question.

The easy answer is on the Democratic side, where Clinton’s 15-point win over Bernie Sanders should confirm what we have known for weeks: she will be running for the White House in November.

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Despite Trump’s triumph with 60% of the vote, the outcome is not so clear-cut for the Republicans. The businessman has to keep winning big — starting with Pennsylvania next Tuesday and culminating with California on June 7 — to get a majority of delegates, or at least close enough where his dedicated opponents cannot prevent him from crossing the line at the GOP Convention in July.

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