Rarely has Indiana been the cause of such a shake up in the Presidential Primaries. Being late in the primary season, usually the candidate is selected or there is already a clear vision on who the winner will be by the time Indiana votes. This season, however, that was not the case. Indiana ended up being a prime deciding state. Last Tuesday (May 3), Indiana held its Republican and Democratic Primaries, and the effects were clear for the Republicans, not so much for the Democrats.

In their primary, the Democrats saw a win for Senator Bernie Sanders with 52.7% of the votes, winning 44 delegates. Hillary Clinton took 47.3% of the votes, getting 39 delegates. For the Democrats, Indiana gives delegates proportionally, so neither were going to leave empty handed. Indiana had a 100% of the precincts reporting, with 638,000 votes. Clinton won southern Indiana, Indianapolis, and Gary while Sanders took the rest of the state, with one tie. In delegates, this places Clinton at 1,705 pledged delegates and Sanders with 1,415, a 300 pledged delegate difference. In super delegates, Clinton has 523 and Sanders 39. The super delegates can switch sides at any time; they are not locked in like pledged delegates. Overall, Clinton currently has 2,228 and Sanders 1,454. 2,383 delegates are needed for the nomination. Despite Clinton’s lead, Sanders has already stated that he plans to remain in the race until the end of the final primary in June. The Democratic candidate could end up being decided at the Democratic National Convention in late July after the primaries are completed.

The Republicans saw a large shake up in their party’s primaries. By the end of the week after the Indiana Primary, Trump became the only runner for candidacy. Trump took Indiana with 57 delegates and 53.3% of the votes. Cruz and Kasich both got zero delegates with 36.7% and 7.5% of the votes, respectively. After the polls closed and the results conclusive, Cruz dropped out, ending his run for president. Kasich followed his lead, dropping out only a day later. This leave Trump a clear path to being the Republican candidate with no rivals within the party. Trump currently has 1,068 delegates. 1,237 are needed for nomination and 505 are still available.  It is expected that Trump will be versing either Clinton or Sanders to US Presidency come November.