Tag: US primaries

What you need to know about the US election primaries (videographics)

https://youtu.be/SnETfFwTZFU Credit:  Fred Garet Katherine Spencer / AFP Videographics / AFP (AFP) — The long road to the White House involves several key steps. Each state holds elections to choose delegates for the Democrat and Republican National Conventions, where each party names their presidential candidate. Pre-selection of a candidate involves either: -a caucus, which is a local meeting organised by each party -or a primary, which is a state-wide vote where candidates are directly elected […]

Good night for Trump, mixed bag for Clinton in US primaries

by Michael Mathes WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Billionaire Donald Trump notched a pair of easy victories Tuesday in the Republican presidential nomination race, as Democrat Hillary Clinton suffered a surprise loss to Bernie Sanders in one of the two major states at stake. Trump shrugged off a barrage of negative advertising and intense efforts by the party establishment to derail his White House campaign to win primaries in Michigan and Mississippi, signaling to his […]