Tuesday, April 26, Donald Trump won majorities of the vote across all five northeastern states that voted. He won 64 percent in Rhode Island, 61 percent in Delaware, 58 percent in Connecticut, 57 percent in Pennsylvania, and 54 percent in Maryland. Prior to getting 60 percent in New York last week, Trump had been winning many states, but had not won with a vote majority; he has now won six states with vote majorities.
Trump swept all 86 delegates decided by winner takes all by statewide and Congressional District (CD). These included 38 Maryland, 15 Connecticut, 16 Delaware, and 17 Pennsylvania delegates. Trump also won the 13 statewide Connecticut delegates because he exceeded 50 percent. Ironically, Trump had his highest vote in Rhode Island, but this was the one proportional state, so he took 11 out of 19 delegates there. So Trump won 110 of the 118 pledged delegates available.
Pennsylvania elects 54 unbound CD delegates, and there is no information on the ballot paper as to who they will back. However, the Trump campaign distributed this delegate slate, and 31 of the Trump slate’s candidates won, including 21 clear supporters of Trump. In addition, 11 candidates who said they would back their CD’s winner were also elected. Given Trump swept all of Pennsylvania’s counties, he may have effectively won at least 42 of these 54 CD delegates.
