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Trump faces uphill climb to White House
GOP candidate sputtering at start of general election campaign
W Campaign 2016 Road to Ledb
In this June 3 photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures to a his camouflaged "Make America Great" hat as he discuses his support by the National Rifle Association at a campaign rally at the Redding Municipal Airport in Redding, Calif. The primaries have ended. The nominees are picked. And the general election begins with Hillary Clinton already ahead of Trump in the race for the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. - photo by Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — The presidential primaries are just about over and the nominees have emerged. And the general election begins with Democrat Hillary Clinton already ahead of Republican Donald Trump on the Road to 270. Trump, who shook the last of his rivals weeks before Clinton locked up her nomination, has made the GOP's uphill path to the White House more treacherous by failing to seize on that head start in the race for the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.
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