Politics & Government

Live Super Tuesday Democratic Primary Winners: Hillary Clinton Sweeps South

Hillary Clinton takes a commanding lead in delegates; Sanders vows to fight on.

[Update: 11:04 p.m. Eastern]

Hillary Clinton pushed her campaign Tuesday through a sweep of the South, capturing Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia by capitalizing on her appeal to many of the same black voters who abandoned her eight years ago.

Sen. Bernie Sanders won his home state of Vermont, Oklahoma and Colorado and promised in a fiery speech to continue his campaign through every one of the remaining 35 voting states even as neighboring state Massachusetts went for Clinton.

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Clinton, appearing before an energetic crowd in Miami in advance of Florida’s March 15 primaries, congratulated Sanders and, as when she won big Saturday in South Carolina, took a swipe at Trump.

“The work is not to make America great again,” she said. “America never stopped being great. But we have to make it whole again.”

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Later, she mentioned the nastiness of the Republican campaign.

Her words may sound odd coming from a presidential candidate, she said, “But I believe what we need in America today is more love and kindness,” she said. “You know what? It works.”

Following a disappointing showing in Iowa and after receiving a political bloody nose in New Hampshire, Clinton bounced back in Nevada, the lead-up to a huge victory in South Carolina, where she captured nearly three-quarters of the vote.

More important, she won the backing of nearly 90 percent of black voters, signaling a refortification of a once-reliable voting group which held huge sway in many of the Super Tuesday voting states.

With the Southern sweep, Clinton made a Sanders nomination even more unlikely.

in Vermont, Sanders took the podium before frenzied supporters chanting “Feel the Bern.”

“This campaign is about not just electing a president but transforming America,” Sanders said. “It is about dealing with some unpleasant trusths and having the guts to confront those truths.”

Sanders managed to take a swipe at pretty much every touchtone issue of his campaign: Billionaires and their “corrupt” form of democracy, unequal wealth distribution, the criminal justice system and health care.

Super Tuesday Guide | InsideGov

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