US Election 2016: Donald Trump Clears 3 More States as Sanders Wins Michigan

 

Senator Bernie Sanders scored an upset win in the Michigan Democratic primary, threatening to prolong a Democratic campaign that Hillary Clinton appeared to have all but locked up last week according to the New York Times.

Mrs. Clinton lost badly in Michigan among independents, showed continued weakness with working-class white Democrats, and was unable to count on as much of an advantage with black voters as she had in the South.

Addressing reporters in Miami while the votes in Michigan were still being counted, Mr. Sanders said that his powerful showing indicated that “the political revolution that we’re talking about is strong in every part of the country.”

 

“And frankly,” he added, “we believe that our strongest areas are yet to happen.”
 

Meanwhile, In the Republican race, Donald Trump won three more states, Michigan, Mississippi and Hawaii, in his bid to be the Republican White House nomination.

Ted Cruz won a Republican-only race in Idaho.

The states are the latest to choose candidates to compete in November's presidential election.

It was a terrible night for Republican Florida Senator, Marco Rubio, who came in a distant fourth in both Michigan and Mississippi, a week before his must-win contest in his home state.