Bernie Sanders won his home state of Vermont in the first results of the Super Tuesday elections, the biggest day in the primary campaign.
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Trump, speaking from Trump International in West Palm Beach, Florida, told reporters that he wants to take on Cruz one on one after Trump took the Louisiana primary and Kentucky caucuses Saturday night.
News coverage of the Super Tuesday results focused heavily on the dominance of the two frontrunners, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
In the months leading up to the general election in November 2016, presidential candidates compete in a series of state contests to win their party’s nomination.
Bernie Sanders has won the Kansas and Nebraska Democratic caucuses, while Hillary Clinton has come out victorious in the Louisiana primary, according to multiple news sources and the campaigns. All states in the Democratic race award their delegates proportionally, meaning Clinton can keep piling up delegates even in states where she loses.
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Officials with the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office said after a high turnout during the early voting period with about 95,000 voters, Saturday’s turnout across the state was slow. “It was really something”, Sanders said at a Wednesday rally in Portland, Maine.
Coming within striking distance of becoming the Republican nominee, Trump, who has faced intense attack from other contenders for his radical views, notched up victories in seven states – Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia.
“All of these trade agreements together have cost us millions of decent-paying jobs, led to the de-industrialization of America and the decline of the American middle class”, said Sanders on Friday, who noted that he had fought against virtually all trade deals since he was a junior congressman.
These states may be small in population, but they mark an important day in a race where every delegate will count in July. Clinton, however, apparently would cause some democrats to decide to jump over to the Republican side and vote for Trump. Rubio has 123 delegates and Kasich has 34.
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For the Democratic Party, 2,838 delegates are needed in order to win the party’s nomination, whereas for the Republican Party, 1,237 delegates are needed.
