NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters and the media with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie behind him at Trump Towers following the conclusion of primaries Tuesday in northeastern states on April 26, 2016 in New York, New York. Trump again gained more delegates to move him closer to the Republican presidential nomination. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Efter nattens primærvalg i delstaterne Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland og Rhode Island rykkede Hillary Clinton og Donald Trump meget tæt på at blive nomineret som deres respektive partiers præsidentkandidater. Republikaneren Donald Trump vandt i alle fem delstater, mens demokraten Hillary Clinton tog sejren i fire af dem (Bernie Sanders vandt Rhode Island).
Donald Trump sejrede mest overbevisende. I alle delstater vandt han med mere end halvdelen af stemmerne. Donald Trump deltog ved et valgarrangement i Trump Tower i New York, og her virkede han sejrssikker. Han sagde, at hvis Hillary Clinton havde været en mand, så havde hun ikke fået fem procent af stemmerne. Og så kom han med et par om ikke bevingede, så slagkraftige ord: »Når en bokser slår den anden bokser ud, så behøver man ikke vente på en dommerafgørelse. For mit vedkommende er [kampen] overstået,« sagde han ifølge New York Times.
Arbejderklassen føler ikke de hører til
Man kan undre sig over, hvorfor en fyr som Trump vinder så stort i det nordøstlige USA, som generelt går for at være liberale og frisindede – i hvert fald sammenlignet med Syden og Midtvesten. Matt Yglesias, der er politisk kommentator for internetmagasinet Vox, har en ret god forklaring:
»To some people, politics is ideological — it’s about big ideas, big issues, and big principles. To others, politics is about group conflict — it’s about who you stand with, and who you stand against. Everyone feels the tug of both of these ideas, and every successful political movement incorporates a little of both. But the modern Republican Party as a whole has become a very ideological organization. Trump is, fundamentally, a backlash to that.«
Han fortsætter:
»Huge swathes of white working-class America have moved into the GOP orbit because they see the modern Democratic Party as fundamentally not for “people like them.” Many of these voters aren’t particularly interested in the details of the conservative agenda, and have no principled opposition to programs (like Social Security) that they see as benefitting them personally. What they want is a politician who’ll stand up for their interests, not a politician who adheres to a particular ideology.«
Nu hvor nomineringerne begynder at ligne noget, har Føljeton samlet en lille fotokavalkade med Donald Trump og Hillary Clinton fra i nat:
