Breaking: Hillary Clinton Apparent Winner of Kentucky Democratic Primary

Democratic Frontrunner Extends Lead

Hillary Clinton is the apparent winner of the Kentucky Democratic primary. Although there have been very few polls taken, the Democratic frontrunner was expected to win. One poll taken at the beginning of March showed Clinton with a five-point lead against Sanders, but some thought her coal comments might have handed the Vermont Senator the win.

Clinton won Fayetteville County, which includes the University of Louisville. University towns are usually a Sanders’ stronghold. Kentucky is 88 percent white and only 8.2 percent Black, also usually a winning demographic ratio for Sanders.

Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight today put Hillary Clinton as the “slight favorite” to win, projecting “that Clinton will win the state by about 2 percentage points.” Kentucky is also a close primary, meaning only registered Democrats can vote in the Democratic primary.

There are 55 delegates at stake in the Kentucky Democratic primary. 

It’s been close all evening. At about 8:55 PM EDT:

At 9:15 PM EDT, with 99 percent of results reported, Clinton was winning by about 2500 votes. 23,521 people, or 5 percent, voted “undecided.” 

UPDATE: 10:40 PM EDT –
Kentucky Secretary of State declares Clinton “unofficial winner.”

 

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