The Note: After Indiana

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--CLINTON LEADS TRUMP BY DOUBLE DIGITS: Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton leads Republican front-runner Donald Trump by double digits, 54 to 41 percent, in a new CNN-ORC national poll, ABC’s RYAN STRUYK notes. The numbers come as Trump's main rival, Sen. Ted Cruz, dropped out of the race, virtually clearing the way for Trump to clinch the nomination. Clinton's delegate lead over rival Sen. Bernie Sanders is also nearly insurmountable, despite her loss in Indiana Tuesday. The poll shows Trump tied with Clinton among men but trailing her among women by 26 percentage points. He leads whites by 9 points but trails nonwhites by a whopping 67 points. He also trails among independents by 11 points. http://abcn.ws/1rU653u

--TRUMP OPENS DOOR TO ACCEPTING SMALL CONTRIBUTIONS: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said last night will be the presumptive Republican nominee, said today that he would accept small contributions in the general election, but didn't want big contributions. “We will probably take small contributions," he told ABC’s GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS in an interview on “Good Morning America.” "I don't want to have anybody have any influence over me -- that I can tell you." Trump has insisted for months that he is financing his own campaign, and he has loaned himself most of the dollars he spent in the primary. He added that his vice presidential pick would be a Republican, "most likely" an elected official who has political experience to work closely with Congress. In the interview, Trump also refused to apologize for citing an unsubstantiated report that Ted Cruz's father was photographed with the assassin of former President John F. Kennedy, saying no one has ruled it out. More from ABC’s RYAN STRUYK: http://abcn.ws/23oLcst

--ANALYSIS -- ABC’s RICK KLEIN: #NeverClinton does not, by itself, end #NeverTrump. Ted Cruz’s bow to the inevitable, after a frenzied week that including an emptying of the insult dictionary, doesn’t mark the end of anti-Trump efforts. Cruz didn’t include the words “Donald Trump” in his withdrawal speech. John Kasich marches on and will get another look. RNC Chairman Reince Priebus’ call for the party to unify behind the man who will be the “presumptive” nominee was as much a plea as it was an assessment. Some of those controlling anti-Trump dollars will cut the spigots off and go elsewhere. Others will direct themselves to saving GOP senators and House seats. But too many prominent Republicans, with good ideological reasons, are too far down the road in saying never-Trump to just flee the battlefield. That means Trump will be running against a chunk of his own party at the same time he squares up against Hillary Clinton. Clinton has her own skeptics in her party, of course. But how many of them will spend real money or put real effort into defeating her in the general election?

INDIANA EXIT POLL ANALYSIS -- TRUMP SHOWS CRUZ THE DOOR; SANDERS SHOWS CLINTON A FIGHT. Donald Trump relied on the underpinning of his presidential campaign – his strong appeal as a political outsider – to show Ted Cruz the door in their long battle, while Bernie Sanders showed Hillary Clinton that he’s still game for a fight. ABC’s GARY LANGER and GREGORY HOLK note, Trump overcame a considerable gender gap and a sharply divided GOP electorate, with nearly half of those who didn’t support him in Indiana saying they wouldn’t vote for him in November, either. Still, six in 10 wanted the next president to be someone from “outside the political establishment,” close to its high this year, and Trump won nearly eight in 10 of their votes. The ABC ANALYSIS DESK has more on the Republican exit poll results: http://abcn.ws/1pYvPKc and on the Democratic exit poll results: http://abcn.ws/23mQnct

YESTERDAY ON THE TRAIL with ABC’s VERONICA STRACQUALURSI and PAOLA CHAVEZ

AFTER INDIANA LOSS, CRUZ CALLS IT QUITS. Texas senator Ted Cruz suspended his presidential campaign for the Republican nomination following his loss to Donald Trump in the Indiana Republican primary, Cruz announced at a rally in Indianapolis, Tuesday. "Together we left it all in the field in Indiana, we gave it everything we got," he said. "So with a heavy a heart, but with boundless optimism, for the long term future of our nation, we are suspending our campaign," Cruz told supporters. ABC’s VERONICA STRACQUALURSI, PAOLA CHAVEZ and DAVID CAPLAN have more. http://abcn.ws/24oOKRv

NOTED: TRUMP CALLS CRUZ ‘TOUGH, SMART’. Trump formally turned his attention to November's general election after Cruz dropped out of the Republican presidential race Tuesday night, following Trump's win in Indiana's primary. Before even naming either Cruz or Ohio governor John Kasich -- who remains in the race -- in his post-primary win speech at Trump Tower in Manhattan, Trump took a shot at Hillary Clinton. ABC’s MEGHAN KENEALLY has more. http://abcn.ws/1rSQYaP

ANALYSIS -- ABC’s RICK KLEIN: As voting drew near in Indiana, Ted Cruz laid out what Tuesday would determine: “Who are we as a nation.” "In 51 hours, it will be over," Cruz said Sunday. "In 51 hours, this plague of politicians will leave the Hoosier State and in 51 hours, Indiana will have spoken to the country, who are we as a nation.” Democrats would disagree, and they will get a chance to demonstrate that disagreement soon. But for Republicans, the answer is as concise and recognizable as the name of the man who is now virtually assured of capturing the Republican nomination. Donald Trump is remaking -- and now is owning -- the Republican Party along populist, often angry contours. His latest win was perhaps his most impressive, and it convinced his main rival -- Cruz -- to end his bid, despite vows to contest the nomination to Cleveland. “I’ve never been through anything like this,” Trump said in accepting victory Tuesday night, speaking for more than himself. “It’s a beautiful thing to behold,” he added. http://abcn.ws/1UxpNwY

4 ISSUES THAT HURT TED CRUZ AHEAD OF THE SUSPENSION OF HIS CAMPAIGN. There were warning signs that things were going south for Cruz ahead of his loss in Indiana and the subsequent suspension of his presidential campaign. A combination of momentum working against him and some last-ditch efforts that were perceived by some as desperate landed Cruz squarely in second place in the Indiana Republican primary. "We gave it everything we've got, but the voters chose another path and so with a heavy heart, but with boundless optimism, for the long term future of our nation, we are suspending our campaign," Cruz said tonight, adding that he is not "suspending our fight for liberty." ABC’s MEGHAN KENEALLY reports four issues that appear to have led to the end for Cruz. http://abcn.ws/26RpL8f

ANTI-TRUMP GROUPS DETERMINED TO SOLDIER ON AFTER INDIANA. Even after Donald Trump’s win in the Indiana primary -- his 28th victory so far this primary season -- those determined to stop him say they will soldier on. “Obviously Trump’s victory in Indiana makes the road ahead more challenging,” Rory Cooper, a senior adviser for “Never Trump,” a super PAC devoted to stopping the front-runner, said in a statement just minutes after Trump's win was projected. Cooper confirmed the statement still stands after the announcement that Ted Cruz had suspended his campaign. ABC’s ALANA ABRAMSON notes, the statement did not detail what those upcoming plans would be, beyond saying their organization is “critical” to protecting candidates down the ballot in the fall. http://abcn.ws/1W7JX2m

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

THE CLINTONS CRITICIZE COMPANIES THAT HAVE DONATED TO THEIR FOUNDATION. Hillary Clinton rails against big businesses’ taking advantage of corporate tax loopholes in her stump speeches. But despite a barrage of attack lines on the campaign trail, some of the same companies she has criticized are longtime donors to the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation. Pfizer and Johnson Controls have borne the brunt of such attacks from Hillary Clinton and her most influential campaign surrogate, former President Bill Clinton, after each company announced separate mergers that would take chunks of their businesses overseas to Ireland. ABC’s MATTHEW CLAIBORNE reports, as the Democratic front-runner pursues her bid for the White House, she has proposed a penalty tax for companies that leave the United States after receiving taxpayer dollars to stay afloat, even calling out Johnson Controls on the debate stage. http://abcn.ws/1rkFn3n

WHO’S TWEETING?

@wpjenna: One new message I keep hearing from Donald Trump: Wages have not kept up for workers. This likely is key to his general election strategy.

@TheFix: New York tabloids pronounce GOP dead, call Donald Trump 'daddy' http://wpo.st/4TAY1 

@JoeBrettell: Spare me the self righteousness from GOP ops who created environment that brought #Trump and now want to back #Clinton - loyalty matters

@ConsultReid: Case in point: In Indiana, 46% said they decided more than a month ago. Trump won those voters 66-29.

@brianbeutler: If you knew polls and modal GOP voters, Trump's nomination won't shock you. If you know polls and voters at large, his defeat won't either.