AFTER its first clear success at the Republican primaries in Wisconsin on April 5th, the Never Trump alliance sought to replicate its triumph in Indiana, which goes to the polls on May 3rd. Wisconsin’s Republican grandees, conservative talk-show hosts and the efficient campaign machine of Ted Cruz, the Texas senator spearheading the Never Trump brigade, managed to persuade Republican primary voters that Mr Cruz was the true conservative in the mould of Scott Walker, the governor still very popular among Wisconsin Republicans, and they voted in droves for Mr Cruz. In Indiana an equivalent coalition pushed even harder to portray Mr Cruz as the bearer of the conservative flame—and Donald Trump as a vulgar impostor. For a while, their efforts seemed to bear fruit. Yet after Mr Trump’s triumphs in five primary elections in the north-east on April 26th, his gravitational pull seems stronger than ever. According to a poll by NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist, released on May 1st, Mr Trump holds a 15-point lead over Mr Cruz in Indiana with 49% of the votes compared with 34%.
For weeks Mr Cruz has sought to portray Indiana as the...Continue reading
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