The U.S. Democratic presidential nominating battle moved on to three more states...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Democratic presidential nominating battle moved on to three more states - Florida, Illinois and Arizona - on Tuesday as the country grappled with the spreading coronavirus.
Voter Fred Hoffman fills out his ballot during the primary election in Ottawa, Illinois, U.S., March 17, 2020. The polling station was relocated from a nearby nursing home to a former supermarket due to concerns over the outbreak of coronavirus disease . REUTERS/Daniel Acker Former Vice President Joe Biden has pulled ahead of rival U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders in the race to amass the minimum 1,991 delegates needed to secure the nomination and challenge Republican President Donald Trump in November’s election. But, with fears escalating about going out in public, low turnout could affect the outcomes of some of the primary elections.
Ohio had also been scheduled to vote on Tuesday, but Governor Mike DeWine postponed his state’s primary until June 2 due to the coronavirus crisis.Here is a quick look at those races:All recent opinion polling in the state found Biden with a commanding lead. Sanders’ praise of literacy programs in Cuba under the nation’s Communist former leader, Fidel Castro, prompted widespread criticism of the senator from Vermont in Florida, a state with a sizable Cuban-American population.
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