Who Will Win the April 26 Primaries? Six Views Point to Trump and Clinton
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After their home-turf blowouts in New York last week, the presidential front-runners, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, appear to be heading for a string of wins on Tuesday, when five eastern states, including the key swing state of Pennsylvania, hold primaries. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who is looking to regain his momentum against Clinton, appears to have the best chance of notching a win in Rhode Island, while Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich will need to rely on wins in individual congressional districts to keep Trump from getting the 1,237 delegates he needs to clinch the nomination. Here are six credible views on who will win:
The research project led by David Rothschild, an economist at Microsoft Research in New York City, aggregates betting-market data and has successfully predicted the winner in 57 of 67 state nominating contests it's covered so far this year. As of Sunday, Trump had a 94 percent chance or higher of winning each of the five April 26 primaries.