{VOA NEWS} – Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders scored a surprise victory in Tuesday’s Democratic primary in the northern state of Michigan, while Republican Donald Trump widened his lead with victories in Michigan, Mississippi and Hawaii.
Many polls showed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heavily favored to win in Michigan, but Sanders got 50 percent of the vote. Clinton did easily win the other Democratic primary held Tuesday in the Southern state of Mississippi.
Sanders said the Michigan victory means his “political revolution” is strong across the country, and that he believes the areas where his campaign is strongest are the ones that have not yet voted.
“As more people get to know more about who we are and what our views are, we’re going to do very well,” he said READ MORE OF THIS STORY
