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riversedge

(69,727 posts)
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 06:02 PM Mar 2016

Primary results: Front-runners score key Western victories

Source: cnn




Primary results: Front-runners score key Western victories


By Stephen Collinson, CNN

Updated 12:30 PM ET, Wed March 23, 2016 | Video Source: CNN



The Arizona victories handed enough delegates to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to help them maintain their leads in the delegate count despite victories from their primary competitors


Washington (CNN)Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton notched convincing victories in Arizona, picking up the biggest prize on Western Tuesday that moved the front-runners ever closer to a general election clash.

The Arizona wins handed enough delegates to Trump and Clinton to help them maintain their leads in the delegate count despite victories from their primary competitors.



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Clinton said she was "very proud" to have won Arizona and hit Republican candidates who she said were "literally inciting bigotry and violence."

Speaking in Seattle, she said the devastating terror attacks in Brussels on Tuesday underscored why America needs a "steady" commander in chief, taking another clear shot at Trump.
"I do believe I am the most ready of anybody running to take this job," Clinton said.......................

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/22/politics/election-2016-arizona-utah-idaho-primaries-caucuses-highlights/

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Primary results: Front-runners score key Western victories (Original Post) riversedge Mar 2016 OP
Corporate Media Bias SusanLarson Mar 2016 #1
As of last night, Bernie won 55 delegates and Hillary 51. JDPriestly Mar 2016 #2
 

SusanLarson

(284 posts)
1. Corporate Media Bias
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 07:12 PM
Mar 2016

Gee Sanders took more states and more delegates than Clinton but the story is about the loser of the night! Then you have the fact that Obama lost Arizona as well. It could also be the last Clinton victory of the primary season...

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
2. As of last night, Bernie won 55 delegates and Hillary 51.
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 11:17 PM
Mar 2016

Bernie
Won Utah and Idaho with over 75 percent of the vote in each state.

Hillary's win in Arizona is probably due to the long waits to vote which are impossible for working people and the older demographic in Arizona which has a lot of retirees.

Because Bernie appeals so much to younger voters, he is or his ideas are the future of the Democtratic Party no matter what happens this primary.

Feel the Bern!

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