What Went Down In The April 26 Primary Elections

Clinton just overtook Sanders’s lead in Connecticut by about 800 votes, and the remaining precincts look pretty favorable to her. About 63 percent of precincts are reporting, but that’s higher than the share of precincts reporting in Clinton-favorable cities like Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven. Additionally, many locales that should be favorable for Clinton, such as Westport, New Britain, Norwalk and Fairfield have yet to report any votes at all. Sanders is doing better in small-town and rural Connecticut, which reported votes quickly. My money’s on Clinton to win the state and split the two New England contests tonight.

More evidence that rich people do not like Sanders: After winning just 21 percent of the vote on Manhattan’s Upper East Side last week, Sanders followed that up by winning just 12 percent of the vote in the wealthy suburb of Greenwich, Connecticut tonight.

Trump, who came to his victory party tonight straight off an appearance at the Time 100 Gala — he changed in between from tux to blue suit and tie — is really leaning into his against-the-establishment brand … on both sides of the aisle. While boasting that has won millions and millions more votes than Kasich, Trump decided to offer his thoughts on the Democratic race as well. “The Democrats have treated Bernie very badly and frankly I think he should run as an independent,” Trump said, as some in the crowd booed. But his sympathetic advice to Sanders had an obvious self-serving point. If Sanders ran a third-party race, it would be highly advantageous for Trump, drawing votes away from Clinton.