After Donald Trump’s successful New York primary, he moved
closer to securing the 1,237 delegates needed for nomination and put a dent in
the Presidential chances of Ted Cruz and John Kasich. Therefore, Cruz and
Kasich made the surprising announcement that they are going to team up to try
to prevent Trump from securing the nomination before the convention. The two
candidates agreed to each only pursue certain states so that each could secure
more delegates and prevent Trump from securing the nomination. According to
Cruz’s campaign manager, “To ensure
that we nominate a Republican who can unify the Republican Party and win in
November, our campaign will focus its time and resources in Indiana and in turn
clear the path for Gov. Kasich to compete in Oregon and New Mexico, and we
would hope that allies of both campaigns would follow our lead,”1 This could especially help Kasich since
he has a smaller budget and now gets to focus on smaller states, but overall it
seems like this means both candidates have given up hope that they can catch
Trump. Both seem to be angling toward forcing a contested convention and then
hoping to capture victory in the later rounds.
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