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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump projected to win in Mississippi Donald Trump wins Mississippi and Michigan as he edges closer to Republican nomination
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Hillary Clinton swept her way to another victory on Tuesday - scooping the southern state of Mississippi, according to an exit poll projection. Donald Trump was projected to have won the Republican contest in the state, and several news organisations predicted he was also going to win the state of Michigan. Donald Trump had another convincing and successful night on Tuesday, securing wins in Mississippi and Michigan as the tycoon further pushed his dream of securing the Republican nomination.
Ms Clinton had gone into the race with strong expectations after her success in South Carolina ten days ago, and several other southern states on last week’s Super Tuesday. If the projection is borne out, it would be the 12th state she has won. A series of US news channels projected Mr Trump had won the two states, based on exit polls and early results. Ms Clinton was projected to have easily won Mississippi, with early results showing her leading Bernie Sanders 80-20 in the southern state.
Her support among African American voters is considerable stronger than that of her Democratic rival Bernie Sanders, with as many of 88 per cent of black voters reportedly voting for the former secretary of state. CNN said it had projected the result based on its exit polls data taken in the field. The battle in Michigan was much closer for the Democrats. With around 30 per cent of votes counted, the Vermont senator was a few points ahead of the former secretary of state.
The news channel said that among the Republicans, Mr Trump was projected to have won more than 50 per cent of the vote, with Ted Cruz in second place and Marco Rubio a distant third. In a speech in Jupiter, Florida, Mr Trump seized on his victory and dismissed his critics, most notably former Republican nominee Mitt Romney, who has spent much of the last week leading a seemingly flailing effort to derail the tycoon’s White House run.
Mr Trump was also on the way for another victory in Michigan. He was leading John Kasich, Mr Cruz and Mr Rubio. Ms Clinton and Mr Sanders were involved in a close fight, with the Vermont senator a few points ahead of the former secretary of state with around 30 per cent of the vote counted. “Many people have called this a movement. Many people want to be involved,” said Mr Trump.
“I think it’s the single biggest story in politics today, what is happening at the polling booth. While the Democrats are down by 35 per cent, we are up. We are talking about millions of people.”
Celebrating his 13th primary victory, added: “There’s only one person who did well tonight and that was Donald Trump.”
Ms Clinton had gone into the Mississippi race with strong expectations after her success in South Carolina ten days ago, and several other southern states on last week’s Super Tuesday.
Her support among African American voters is considerable stronger than that of her Democratic rival, Mr Sanders.