If you thought Trump’s total dominance of media coverage was something that only applied before people started voting, you’d be wrong. In fact, the past couple of weeks have been associated with Trump’s largest share of media coverage to date, with his getting 70 to 80 percent of mentions on television among all current and former Republican candidates, according to the GDELT Project.
Harry Enten
Sanders has broken through. The Associated Press has declared him the winner in Rhode Island.
Farai Chideya
In Baltimore, there’s a Democratic primary today in a mayoral race of particular significance. It’s the first since Freddie Gray, a local resident, died from spinal injuries suffered in police custody, and since the ensuing unrest that roiled Baltimore. (Since Democrats outnumber Republicans 10 to 1 in the city, the primary produces the de facto winner of the race, barring the most unlikely of scenarios.)
Some polling places in the city stayed open an hour later than scheduled because of administrative delays in opening, a move spurred when U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Donna Edwards’ campaign filed a court order. With voters still waiting in line, some people on Twitter asked why news outlets called the Maryland race for Clinton before all the polls were actually closed.
anyone know what happened with the maryland primary? Why did hillary win with 0% reporting?
Now the polls have truly closed for all in Maryland, but we still don’t have exit polls or predictions on the mayoral race. However, ABC News exit polls show that 57 percent of Maryland’s Democratic primary voters were Latino or non-white, which probably contributed to Clinton’s win.
