The New York businessman Donald Trump has crossed the threshold of 1,237 delegates a candidate needs in order to seize the Republican nomination.
The fact that he has received such widespread support even before the end of the primary season has important ramifications for his own party as well as for the Democratic campaign, where the frontrunner Hillary Clinton has yet to consolidate her victory.
Such strong backing also puts pressure on Republican heavyweights such as Paul Ryan, the speaker of the House of Representatives, to officially sponsor his party’s presumptive nominee.
Though his nomination was no longer in doubt, few observers believed he would clinch that figure before the Republican National Convention in July.
Trump did not even need to wait for primaries in California and four other states on June 7 where, being the only candidate in the Republican race, he will likely take all 303 delegates on the table.
Fuente: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/05/27/inenglish/1464355801_282010.html
