It’s a big day in presidential primaries—with contests in California,
Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota that
will further enshrine Donald Trump as the Republican nominee and help
Hillary Clinton finally to put Bernie Sanders out of her field of
dreams. By the end of the day, the delegate count will “predict” the
outcome of the parties’ nomination conventions next month (July 18-21 in
Cleveland for the Republicans, and July 25-28 in Philadelphia for the Democrats).
Trump’s
1239 delegates (1,237 needed for nomination) and stunning, though
controversial, victories that edged out 16 other candidates in primary
contests have all but secured his position as standard bearer in the
general election. But Clinton hasn’t been able to shake a persistent
Sanders, despite delegate/superdelegate support (1,812/571,
respectively) that yesterday brought her to the 2,383 threshold and the
advantages of political longevity, big-money donors and a well-oiled
campaign machine.
Leid Stories looks at where the 2016 political
season stands right now and why, with today’s roster of primaries, it’s
Judgment Day, kinda.