Barry County has 45 percent voter turn out; Cruz, Clinton take nominations
March 16, 2016
Charlea Estes
Barry County voters turned out in high numbers yesterday for the Presidential Preference election. With 45 percent of voters casting their ballots at the polls, Ted Cruz took the Republican nomination and Hillary Clinton won on the Democrat ballot, both by narrow margins.
According to unofficial numbers, 8,729 of Barry County’s 19,628 voters cast ballots for the primary. Of those, 1,693 were Democratic ballots, 7,031 were Republican ballots and four were Libertarian.
On the Democrat side, Hillary Clinton edged out Bernie Sanders with 874 votes to 796. Clinton finished at 51.62 percent to Sanders’ 47.02.
Ted Cruz bagged the Republican nomination with 3,189 votes to Donald Trump’s 3,030. Cruz finished at 45.36 percent, Trump at 43.09 percent, John Kasich at 5.69 percent and Marco Rubio at 3.63 percent. Rubio announced his decision to suspend his campaign after a loss in Florida last night.
Missouri’s unofficial numbers have Clinton and Trump in the lead with less than one percent margins over Sanders and Cruz.
Current standings show delegate results for Trump at 621 with Cruz trailing with 396. Clinton is ahead of Sanders 1,132 to 818, however superdelegate votes are not final until the Democratic National Convention in July.
Charlea Estes
Barry County voters turned out in high numbers yesterday for the Presidential Preference election. With 45 percent of voters casting their ballots at the polls, Ted Cruz took the Republican nomination and Hillary Clinton won on the Democrat ballot, both by narrow margins.
According to unofficial numbers, 8,729 of Barry County’s 19,628 voters cast ballots for the primary. Of those, 1,693 were Democratic ballots, 7,031 were Republican ballots and four were Libertarian.
On the Democrat side, Hillary Clinton edged out Bernie Sanders with 874 votes to 796. Clinton finished at 51.62 percent to Sanders’ 47.02.
Ted Cruz bagged the Republican nomination with 3,189 votes to Donald Trump’s 3,030. Cruz finished at 45.36 percent, Trump at 43.09 percent, John Kasich at 5.69 percent and Marco Rubio at 3.63 percent. Rubio announced his decision to suspend his campaign after a loss in Florida last night.
Missouri’s unofficial numbers have Clinton and Trump in the lead with less than one percent margins over Sanders and Cruz.
Current standings show delegate results for Trump at 621 with Cruz trailing with 396. Clinton is ahead of Sanders 1,132 to 818, however superdelegate votes are not final until the Democratic National Convention in July.
