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| Sanders and Trump win West Virginia primary – campaign live | |
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| GOP calls Clinton loss 'embarrassing' | |
| The Republican National Committee hammers Hillary Clinton for her loss: “It is nothing short of embarrassing that Hillary Clinton has now been defeated twenty times by a 74-year-old socialist from Vermont...” the statement begins. | |
| But what would the RNC know about embarrassing? | |
| Strong statement from @reince pic.twitter.com/bykShgKEok | |
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| The New York tabloids roll out their Wednesday covers: | |
| Stop the coronation! Hillary unravels as Bernie Sanders picks up another win https://t.co/2MoNDKcc2t pic.twitter.com/4fIY1e6ceJ | |
| First look at tomorrow's front page...LICE PRESIDENT: 2x as many prefer head bugs to Trump https://t.co/tRy9ICBKWy pic.twitter.com/pqFLt3qAIQ | |
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| Trump likely within 100 delegates of 1,237 | |
| The 36 delegates Trump picks up tonight in Nebraska bring him to within 130 of an outright 1,237 majority. He’ll pick up significant delegates in West Virginia, too (which awards 34 total), likely bringing him within 100 delegates of victory. | |
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| Sanders wins West Virginia | |
| Bernie Sanders is the victor in West Virginia, the AP projects. He’ll split the 29 pledged delegates proportionally with Clinton. | |
| That’s two state victories for Trump and one for Sanders. The Sanders call came about two hours after polling stations closed. | |
| BREAKING: Bernie Sanders wins the Democratic #WVPrimary. @AP race call at 9:24 p.m. EDT. #Election2016 #APracecall pic.twitter.com/05JSggz0bU | |
| Meanwhile, Sanders leads by 10 in West Virginia where he'll likely net a few delegates. | |
| Updated | |
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| It appears that it may be too late to remove the white nationalist from Donald Trump’s list of California delegates, no matter what the campaign would prefer: | |
| NEW: White Nationalist William Johnson remains on Trump's delegate list. Statement from CA Secretary of State Spox: pic.twitter.com/v7DNg0QE7v | |
| Contacted Johnson, who said that he had been contacted by Clark to say his appointment was an error. "They just removed me and that's fine" | |
| ...but like it or not, he's a certified delegate | |
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| Ben Jacobs | |
| A third candidate besides Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders could earn a delegate in West Virginia’s Democratic primary on Tuesday night, writes Guardian politics reporter Ben Jacobs: | |
| Paul Ferrell, a lawyer who is running as a protest candidate against “the war on coal” could get the 15% of the vote needed to earn a delegate in West Virginia’s Third Congressional District. With 5% of precincts reporting, Ferrell was at 12%. | |
| West Virginia has long kept up its Democratic registration even as the state has tilted Republican at the national level. The result was that in 2012, Keith Judd, a federal convict, got over 40% of the vote against Barack Obama. Even on Tuesday, a majority of Democratic voters said they would not support Clinton in a general election against Trump. | |
| If Ferrell does break the 15% mark, it would be yet another obstacle in Sanders’s quixotic quest to wrest the Democratic nomination from Clinton and deprive him of an essential delegate in that fight. | |
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| Trump wins Nebraska | Trump wins Nebraska |
| Donald Trump is the projected winner in Nebraska. Ted Cruz won’t be getting back in the race after all, it appears. The Republican race is winner-take-all for 36 delegates. | Donald Trump is the projected winner in Nebraska. Ted Cruz won’t be getting back in the race after all, it appears. The Republican race is winner-take-all for 36 delegates. |
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| For readers out there uncomfortable at the prospect that Donald Trump might become president, here’s a corrective to the notion that the general election begins as a neck-and-neck race, by Stu Rothenberg writing in Roll Call: | For readers out there uncomfortable at the prospect that Donald Trump might become president, here’s a corrective to the notion that the general election begins as a neck-and-neck race, by Stu Rothenberg writing in Roll Call: |
| I’ve heard that it’s early in the presidential race and that we underestimated Donald Trump last time so we should be careful now. I’ve also heard that Trump’s strength with working-class whites could change the electoral map, giving him a path to an Electoral College win. | I’ve heard that it’s early in the presidential race and that we underestimated Donald Trump last time so we should be careful now. I’ve also heard that Trump’s strength with working-class whites could change the electoral map, giving him a path to an Electoral College win. |
| The purpose of these and similar warnings is to convey the impression that the 2016 presidential contest should be regarded as competitive. This is utter baloney. [...] | The purpose of these and similar warnings is to convey the impression that the 2016 presidential contest should be regarded as competitive. This is utter baloney. [...] |
| Given the makeup of the likely electorate, state voting patterns, the images of the candidates, the deeply fractured GOP and the early survey data, Clinton starts off with a decisive advantage in the contest. A blowout is possible. | Given the makeup of the likely electorate, state voting patterns, the images of the candidates, the deeply fractured GOP and the early survey data, Clinton starts off with a decisive advantage in the contest. A blowout is possible. |
| Read the full piece here. | Read the full piece here. |
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| Nebraska polling stations to close | Nebraska polling stations to close |
| Polling sites in Nebraska close in about five minutes. Donald Trump was immediately projected to be the winner in West Virginia, we’ll see if Nebraska is so clear-cut. | Polling sites in Nebraska close in about five minutes. Donald Trump was immediately projected to be the winner in West Virginia, we’ll see if Nebraska is so clear-cut. |
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| Sanders leads in early West Virginia returns | Sanders leads in early West Virginia returns |
| Bernie Sanders’ 4-point lead in West Virginia – visit our comprehensive results page here – with 6% of precincts reporting may be durable, judging by initial returns on the county level, in the view of the Cook Political Report’s Dave Wasserman and others: | Bernie Sanders’ 4-point lead in West Virginia – visit our comprehensive results page here – with 6% of precincts reporting may be durable, judging by initial returns on the county level, in the view of the Cook Political Report’s Dave Wasserman and others: |
| To preempt shock at Clinton pummeling in southern WV, here's a map of where Obama lost to felon Keith Judd in '12: pic.twitter.com/wINm5estPV | To preempt shock at Clinton pummeling in southern WV, here's a map of where Obama lost to felon Keith Judd in '12: pic.twitter.com/wINm5estPV |
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| Who are you rooting for in the race to claim the distinction of being the single county in America with the most fervent Trump support – Wyoming, West Virginia, or Staten Island, New York (i.e. Richmond County): | Who are you rooting for in the race to claim the distinction of being the single county in America with the most fervent Trump support – Wyoming, West Virginia, or Staten Island, New York (i.e. Richmond County): |
| Wyoming County, WV (79.9% Trump) is now jockeying for 2nd best Trump county in America (still trailing Staten Island at 82%) | Wyoming County, WV (79.9% Trump) is now jockeying for 2nd best Trump county in America (still trailing Staten Island at 82%) |
| Unfair competition, considering that Trump got 82% in Richmond County when it was still a race https://t.co/jY4VtDEX8E | Unfair competition, considering that Trump got 82% in Richmond County when it was still a race https://t.co/jY4VtDEX8E |
| Update: | Update: |
| We've got a new record Trump zone: Logan County, WV currently giving him 91.7% of the vote. | We've got a new record Trump zone: Logan County, WV currently giving him 91.7% of the vote. |
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| Upshot analyst Nate Cohn points out that the Democrats in West Virginia won’t be so Democrat-ish come November: | Upshot analyst Nate Cohn points out that the Democrats in West Virginia won’t be so Democrat-ish come November: |
| The thing to know about West Virginia: huge numbers of registered Dems who are conservative, vote Republican in presidential elections | The thing to know about West Virginia: huge numbers of registered Dems who are conservative, vote Republican in presidential elections |
| A solid share of Sanders voters told exit pollsters that they were just supporting Sanders until they get to vote for Donald Trump in the general: | A solid share of Sanders voters told exit pollsters that they were just supporting Sanders until they get to vote for Donald Trump in the general: |
| Um no. 39% of Sanders voters in WV say they'd vote for Trump *over Sanders* in the fall. https://t.co/BKOpmKuUHW | Um no. 39% of Sanders voters in WV say they'd vote for Trump *over Sanders* in the fall. https://t.co/BKOpmKuUHW |
| Bernie Sanders got 62% in West Virginia among those who want less liberal policies than the Obama Administration pic.twitter.com/BSxr6LTUcd | Bernie Sanders got 62% in West Virginia among those who want less liberal policies than the Obama Administration pic.twitter.com/BSxr6LTUcd |
| In a nutshell: | In a nutshell: |
| Clinton wins Clinton voters, Sanders wins Trump voters. pic.twitter.com/G91omeox3S | Clinton wins Clinton voters, Sanders wins Trump voters. pic.twitter.com/G91omeox3S |
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| Retired professional wrestler Kevin Nash, 56, says his informal T-shirt poll conducted with an unknown number of potential voters (or not, who knows) in Florida indicates “Hillary you’re in trouble girl”: | Retired professional wrestler Kevin Nash, 56, says his informal T-shirt poll conducted with an unknown number of potential voters (or not, who knows) in Florida indicates “Hillary you’re in trouble girl”: |
| Sported this shirt all day to see the responses I'd get . Hilary you're in trouble girl pic.twitter.com/0dDW37paI2 | Sported this shirt all day to see the responses I'd get . Hilary you're in trouble girl pic.twitter.com/0dDW37paI2 |
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| Sanders proclaims victory | Sanders proclaims victory |
| The Associated Press has not projected a winner in the West Virginia Democratic race, with 0% of precincts reporting, but one of the candidates, Bernie Sanders, has proclaimed victory. | The Associated Press has not projected a winner in the West Virginia Democratic race, with 0% of precincts reporting, but one of the candidates, Bernie Sanders, has proclaimed victory. |
| “We just got word that we won our 19th state, taking the majority of the delegates in today’s primary in West Virginia,” a Sanders campaign email reads: | “We just got word that we won our 19th state, taking the majority of the delegates in today’s primary in West Virginia,” a Sanders campaign email reads: |
| But I believe that it is not enough to just reject Trump – this is an opportunity to define a progressive vision for America. Voters agree: just today, three new polls showed that we are the best campaign to defeat Trump. | But I believe that it is not enough to just reject Trump – this is an opportunity to define a progressive vision for America. Voters agree: just today, three new polls showed that we are the best campaign to defeat Trump. |
| We fully acknowledge we have an uphill climb ahead of us, but we’re used to that. We have been fighting uphill from the day this campaign began, and we’re going to stay in the race until the last vote is cast. And with your help, I hope to take on Trump, too. Thank you for standing with me. | We fully acknowledge we have an uphill climb ahead of us, but we’re used to that. We have been fighting uphill from the day this campaign began, and we’re going to stay in the race until the last vote is cast. And with your help, I hope to take on Trump, too. Thank you for standing with me. |
| Zero percent of precincts have reported in West Virginia. We’ll report the results as they come in. | Zero percent of precincts have reported in West Virginia. We’ll report the results as they come in. |
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| Guardian politics reporter Ben Jacobs scans the exit poll data on the Democratic side. It’s encouraging for Sanders, who wins young voters... | Guardian politics reporter Ben Jacobs scans the exit poll data on the Democratic side. It’s encouraging for Sanders, who wins young voters... |
| As always, a major age divide among Democrats in West Virginia pic.twitter.com/FMYcNbWETN | As always, a major age divide among Democrats in West Virginia pic.twitter.com/FMYcNbWETN |
| ...less affluent voters... | ...less affluent voters... |
| Bernie Sanders does significantly better among voters who make less than 50k than more than 50k pic.twitter.com/1W8KAf2P9C | Bernie Sanders does significantly better among voters who make less than 50k than more than 50k pic.twitter.com/1W8KAf2P9C |
| ...and independents, though Sanders loses Democrats by a hair to Clinton: | ...and independents, though Sanders loses Democrats by a hair to Clinton: |
| Clinton wins Democrats by a hair in WV, Sanders wins independents by huge margins pic.twitter.com/W4yQ8sOARi | Clinton wins Democrats by a hair in WV, Sanders wins independents by huge margins pic.twitter.com/W4yQ8sOARi |
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| Trump projected winner in West Virginia | Trump projected winner in West Virginia |
| Donald Trump has won the Republican primary in West Virginia, AP projects. Thirty-four delegates are at stake, awarded by direct election. | Donald Trump has won the Republican primary in West Virginia, AP projects. Thirty-four delegates are at stake, awarded by direct election. |
| The Guardian’s Ben Jacobs dives into the exit polling data and finds that Trump enjoyed 86% support with both men and women. | The Guardian’s Ben Jacobs dives into the exit polling data and finds that Trump enjoyed 86% support with both men and women. |
| So I think Donald Trump did OK in West Virginia pic.twitter.com/lwhA7gfKXM | So I think Donald Trump did OK in West Virginia pic.twitter.com/lwhA7gfKXM |
| Updated | Updated |
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| West Virginia polls close | West Virginia polls close |
| The polls are closed in West Virginia, and we expect projected results in the Republican race momentarily. | The polls are closed in West Virginia, and we expect projected results in the Republican race momentarily. |
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| Trump aide: presidential race is 'ultimate reality show' | Trump aide: presidential race is 'ultimate reality show' |
| Donald Trump convention manager Paul Manafort has called the White House race the “ultimate reality show” and told a cable interviewer that Trump is “the head of the Republican party”: | Donald Trump convention manager Paul Manafort has called the White House race the “ultimate reality show” and told a cable interviewer that Trump is “the head of the Republican party”: |
| Manafort tells Chris Matthews that Trump "is now the head of the Republican Party as far as the voters are concerned." | Manafort tells Chris Matthews that Trump "is now the head of the Republican Party as far as the voters are concerned." |
| Paul Manafort on @hardball: "Donald Trump understands media ... he's a television star." #Hardball #msnbc | Paul Manafort on @hardball: "Donald Trump understands media ... he's a television star." #Hardball #msnbc |
| Paul Manafort on @hardball: "This is the ultimate reality show .. it's the Presidency of the United States." cc: @GOPconvention #Hardball | Paul Manafort on @hardball: "This is the ultimate reality show .. it's the Presidency of the United States." cc: @GOPconvention #Hardball |
| Paul Manafort on @hardball "We have talked about Hillary Clinton playing the female card and his willingness to expose it." #Hardball | Paul Manafort on @hardball "We have talked about Hillary Clinton playing the female card and his willingness to expose it." #Hardball |
| So Paul Manafort who was brought on to "professionalize" the Trump campaign, hired Tim Clark who submitted a white nationalist delegate | So Paul Manafort who was brought on to "professionalize" the Trump campaign, hired Tim Clark who submitted a white nationalist delegate |
| Updated | Updated |
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| A DHM Research poll detects a healthy Clinton lead over Sanders in Oregon, which will award 74 Democratic delegates in a primary context in one week. But there’s not enough polling in the race to establish an average to compare the survey to. | A DHM Research poll detects a healthy Clinton lead over Sanders in Oregon, which will award 74 Democratic delegates in a primary context in one week. But there’s not enough polling in the race to establish an average to compare the survey to. |
| Clinton leads Trump 43-32 in Oregon poll. (And the two lead their respective primaries.) https://t.co/QZsARlwjCN | Clinton leads Trump 43-32 in Oregon poll. (And the two lead their respective primaries.) https://t.co/QZsARlwjCN |
| Genuinely surprising poll: Hillary leads Bernie in Oregon https://t.co/ZJyFZnKwgP | Genuinely surprising poll: Hillary leads Bernie in Oregon https://t.co/ZJyFZnKwgP |
| Oregon's not all Portland, apparently: Clinton led 48 to 33 percent ahead of OR primary in poll conducted May 6-9 https://t.co/4MzT3QXXVE | Oregon's not all Portland, apparently: Clinton led 48 to 33 percent ahead of OR primary in poll conducted May 6-9 https://t.co/4MzT3QXXVE |