Donald Trump is expected to increase his lead in the race for the Republican primary in the ballots held Tuesday on the East Coast of the United States, but this is Pennsylvania State award the largest number of delegates, the competition promises the most delicate
The man from New York businessman will be the opportunity to test his new campaign team, established in the wake of a series of setbacks in early April.
The voting system developed in Pennsylvania, especially complex, has been repeatedly criticized by Donald Trump, who is desperate to get the 1237 delegates that would enable him to win the nomination of the elephant party while leaders of the Grand Old Party hope to prevent it from obtaining the required number of delegates to the national convention, to be held from July 18 to 21 in Cleveland.
"It is dishonest, almost as Hillary Clinton," Donald Trump on Monday launched, attacking both the Republican elite and the Democratic candidate.
Of the 71 delegates to distribute Tuesday in Pennsylvania, only 17 will be awarded to the winner of the primary. The other, directly elected by voters, will be free to choose their candidate at the convention in
Cleveland.
In addition to Pennsylvania, Republican voters will be asked to vote Tuesday in Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island and Connecticut, state shown by polls as being favorable to Trump.
At the right time
The risk of Donald Trump win and consolidate his lead has prompted Ted Cruz and John Kasich, his two opponents remaining, to train a qualified anti-Trump alliance Tuesday "pathetic" evening by the latter.
The prospect of losing the battle of the delegates while winning the popular vote prompted the billionaire to restructure his team to refine its strategy by recruiting specialists conventions while lambasting the Republican electoral system.
The representative of Pennsylvania Lou Barletta explained that Donald Trump's campaign team had printed leaflets stating that among the delegates free to choose sides in Cleveland more was in favor of the businessman.
"Before that, we simply scribble on pieces of paper," he explained, saying that the reorganization of Trump team fell to "timely."
The representative Ted Cruz in Pennsylvania for his part said he noticed nothing special in the countryside of Trump. "All we have seen is that they whine a lot," he said. "Our answer is: they whine, you win. "
According to seasoned observers of the Republican primary, the question is whether the "free" delegates are sticking to their promise to support a particular candidate. If they honor their commitments, Donald Trump will come probably with the most votes in Pennsylvania during the July agreement.
But if he is not appointed to Cleveland in the first round of voting, after which all the delegates become free of their choice, regardless of origin, efforts in Pennsylvania could pay.
"The truth is that if you have not prepared such ballots upstream, you engage in a difficult part," said Charles Gerow, a conservative strategist who comes in Pennsylvania.
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