{"id":202071,"date":"2016-03-27T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=202071"},"modified":"2016-03-27T14:00:33","modified_gmt":"2016-03-27T14:00:33","slug":"sanders-trounces-clinton-three-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/sanders-trounces-clinton-three-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanders trounces Clinton in three states"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bernie Sanders has swept to victory over Hillary Clinton in all three states that voted for the Democratic presidential nominee on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The biggest prize was Washington state, but Mr Sanders also won in Alaska and Hawaii, boosting his campaign.<\/p>\n
He was estimated to have taken more than 70% of the vote in all three.<\/p>\n
Mr Sanders thanked his supporters and said his “campaign has the momentum”, but he still faces a tough task to overhaul Mrs Clinton.<\/p>\n
She went into Saturday’s votes leading Mr Sanders by 1,223 delegates to 920.<\/p>\n
When superdelegates – party officials who can support either candidate – who have so far declared their allegiance are included, Mrs Clinton was ahead by 1,692 to 949 in the race to reach 2,383 delegates.<\/p>\n
Bigger battles ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n Washington was the most significant of the three states voting on Saturday, with 101 delegates up for grabs. There were 16 delegates on offer in Alaska and 25 in Hawaii.<\/p>\n Mr Sanders was projected to have won 72% of the vote in Washington against 27% for Mrs Clinton.<\/p>\n US TV networks gave him about 79% of the vote in Alaska, against 21% for Mrs Clinton. In the Hawaii caucus Mr Sanders won by 71% to 29%.<\/p>\n Celebrating via Twitter, Mr Sanders said: “Thank you, Alaska! Together we are sending a message that this government belongs to all of us… Washington, thank you for your huge support! It is hard for anybody to deny that our campaign has the momentum.”<\/p>\n Mr Sanders earlier told supporters in Wisconsin: “This is what momentum is about. Don’t let anybody tell you we can’t win the nomination or win the general election. We’re going to do both of those things.”<\/p>\n Mr Sanders had spent the week on the west coast, rallying support among liberals and the left-wing.<\/p>\n