Three years ago today, Trump and Sanders win Indiana’s presidential primaries
Three years ago today, May 3, 2016, Donald Trump won the Republican Indiana presidential primary with 53% of the vote. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz finished second with about 37 percent.
Trump's Indiana victory came a week after the campaigns of Cruz and Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) said they would focus on different states in an effort to limit the number of delegates that Trump could receive in certain primaries.
According to exit polls, Trump won nearly every major demographic group in Indiana's Republican electorate. The outcome was an important milestone in the 2016 presidential race, as shortly after Trump's victory was announced, Cruz suspended his campaign.
In speaking to a group of his supporters that evening, Cruz announced that he no longer saw a path to winning the nomination, adding, “Tonight I’m sorry to say it appears that path has been foreclosed. … We gave it everything we got. But the voters chose another path.”
On the day of the Indiana primary, Kasich’s campaign said in a Facebook post that he “will remain in the race unless a candidate reaches 1,237 bound delegates before the Convention.” The next day, May 4, 2016, Kasich also suspended his campaign, effectively ending the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton in the Indiana primary, 52.5 to 47.5 percent. Sanders won 73 of Indiana's 92 counties and, according to exit polls, outperformed Clinton among white voters, younger voters, and voters who held negative opinions of "Wall Street" and its effect on the U.S. economy. Clinton won with African-Americans and older voters.
Sanders never formally suspended his campaign but endorsed Clinton for president on July 12, 2016—two weeks before nominating her at the Democratic National Convention.
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