There is no denying the dominance of Donald Trump’s performance in his home state of New York, in which he got 60 percent of the vote. Still, it is perhaps interesting to note that, with more than 99 percent of the vote counted in the Empire State, Ted Cruz got more votes in Wisconsin (a state with 10 electoral votes) than Trump got in New York (a state with 29 electoral votes)—531,129 to 524,932. That's a reminder that New York isn't exactly a Republican hotbed.
By far the highest vote tally that any GOP candidate has gotten in a single state during this primary season is Cruz's tally in Texas, where he got 1,239,370 votes—easily more than double the number that Trump got in New York. The second-highest vote tally is Trump's in Florida, where he got 1,075,094 votes. Third is John Kasich's in Ohio, where he got 956,859 votes. (Indeed, fully 30 percent of Kasich's votes to date have come from Ohio, compared with 19 percent for Cruz in Texas and 6 percent for Trump in New York.)
Nor was Trump's 60 percent of the vote in New York the highest percentage so far. That honor goes to Cruz in Utah, where he got 69 percent of the vote (winning by 52 percentage points).
Overall, Trump has gotten 38 percent of the vote to date, a far cry from a majority. In fact, Cruz, with 28 percent of the vote to date, is closer to Trump (10 points off the pace) than Trump is to a majority (12 points off the pace). (Kasich has gotten only 14 percent of the vote.) In all, 62 percent of those who have voted to date in the GOP race have voted against Trump. In 33 states, a majority have voted against him. All of this is perhaps worth remembering when Trump talks about the will of the voters.