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Trump overcomes challenges while Sanders renews threat to Clinton

Tuesday night's primaries resulted in strong and important victories for Donald Trump and a surprising defeat of Hillary Clinton in Michigan.

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Washington, Mar 8 (EFE) — Tuesday night's presidential primaries resulted in strong and important victories for Donald Trump and a surprising defeat of Hillary Clinton in Michigan.
Although there were two Democratic primaries and four Republicans, all eyes were focused on Michigan, considered a crucial state due to the number of delegates - the largest one for both parties - and for what the state represents demographically.
Michigan was the first industrial state to vote. It is a rich and densely populated area, which has been severely hit by deindustrialization in recent decades and heavily affected by the economic crisis.
On the Republican side, Trump won by a wide margin of more than 10 points, which was interpreted as a sign of his campaign's strength as it indicated that he can achieve good results in states with a similar socioeconomic composition such as Ohio and Pennsylvania.
As for the Democrats, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, delivered the big surprise of the night by winning in Michigan - albeit by a very narrow margin - over his rival Clinton.
Although the final difference was small, the victory of Sanders has a special significance as, on one hand, it shows the power of the senator in the industrial state and on the other, it defies the polls, which predicted his crushing defeat.
Aside from Michigan, Clinton and Trump won in the southern state of Mississippi (both by wide margins over their rivals, especially in the case of Clinton), while Senator Ted Cruz claimed his seventh victory so far in Idaho.
In addition to Michigan, Mississippi and Idaho, Republican voters will make their pick on Tuesday in Hawaii, which distributes 19 delegates. The results are not expected to be announced until early Wednesday.
In the absence of what happens in Hawaii and the final results in Idaho, the big loser of the night would be Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who would take zero delegates in Michigan and Mississippi as he fell below the 15 percent threshold in both states.
The next big electoral date of the U.S. presidential primaries will be held Mar. 15, when five states will vote: Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio and Florida.
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