On 5 April 2016 primaries were held for both the Democrats and Republicans in the US. Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz came out as the winners at the end of the day. While Bernie Sanders beat his opponent Hillary Clinton by winning by about 56,5% of the vote against 43,1%, Ted Cruz beat his opponents Donald Trump and John Kasich by winning 48,3% of the vote against 35,1% and 14,1% respectively. The win offers momentum for both Sanders and Cruz that are lagging behind, yet the odds of them winning the nomination remains low.

With regards to the Republican contest, that got more attention, the election process is more complicated as it gets more and more likely none of the candidates will be able to win a majority of the delegates. Therefore a so called ''contested convention'' is becoming more likely.

Donald Trump was expected to lose the primary, although not with such a big difference, as Ted Cruz beat Donald Trump by about 13% more of the vote. Supposedly the fact more and more Republicans of the establishment are giving their support to Ted Cruz, is boosting the campaign of Ted Cruz, who claimed he would unite the Republican Party, although controversial himself and initially considered no worse then Donald Trump. Donald Trump also lost some popularity lately, by making controversial remarks about abortion and national security.

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For an overview of the delegates won by each contender click here.

For an overview of next primaries to be held click here.
For an explanation on primaries in general click here.

For latest polls on the Republican candidates click here.
For latest polls on the Democrat candidates click here.

For an explanation on how a contested convention would work click here.