What Went Down In The April 26 Primary Elections

“That is how progress gets made — by dreamers and doers,” Clinton said to supporters tonight in a speech focusing on economic themes. The line was also a not-so-veiled dig at Sanders (she strongly suggested that between the two, she was the doer), although she also complimented him on bringing up important issues in the race. The tension between criticizing Sanders and trying not to alienate his voters is part of a hot-and-cold rhetorical war between the two Democratic candidates. Clinton later turned her attention to attacking Trump. If front-runners Clinton and Trump take the nominations, we might see some interesting cross-party gymnastics. A recent Suffolk University poll found that 19 percent of Republicans who wouldn’t vote for Trump would choose Clinton instead. And a poll last month from NBC News/Wall Street Journal found 7 percent of Sanders voters might choose Trump if their candidate didn’t win.

We thought Maryland would be among Clinton’s best states outside the South. Why? The state has wealthy white voters and a lot of black voters. Right now, Clinton is winning black voters by 48 percentage points and winning those making more than $200,000 by 52 percentage points.

Exit polls are showing Clinton doing much better than usual with white voters, a group Sanders typically wins. In Maryland, Clinton beat Sanders among whites by 15 points, which ABC News points out is her best performance with the group in a non-Southern state.