Donald Trump celebrated his overwhelming New York primary victory in the glitzy midtown Manhattan skyscraper that bears his name, boasting it was rewarding to get such a triumph from “the people who know me best.”
Yet the one county he lost in the state was his home borough of Manhattan.
Trump’s 45 percent to 42 percent loss to John Kasich on the island stood in contrast to his dominance across the rest of the state, where he won 61 of 62 counties and regained momentum in the Republican race.
But the loss in Manhattan highlighted a weakness Trump has shown among the more moderate Republicans who often populate big cities. He lost to Marco Rubio in Washington, D.C., while Kasich recorded wins in areas around Chicago.
(AP)
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That is because Manhattan is the home of all those who figure that they – and only they – know what is best and anything else, i.e. voting for Trump, in the words of the OP ED of the Washington Post, “will ruin democracy” (in other words, the voters are the problem that will ruin democracy…). Not surprising at all – just insignificant.
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But since Trump is basically a “Rockefeller” Republican with a big crude mouth, he can easily “mentsch-up” and win over the “country club” Republicans. For all his noise, he is basically a “big government” and socially moderate Republican, much more so than Kaisch (who is a Tea Party small government conservative). To win the election Trump has to win over the “country club”, keep the Tea Party/Conservatives in the party, and not lose the independent working class who cheer his style more than specifics on policy.
And he will have Hilary to run against.