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           Four More US States Hold Presidential Preference Contests

   by Ken Schwartz

   Voters in four more states make their choices for the next president of
   the United States Tuesday with Republican real estate mogul Donald
   Trump and Democratic former secretary of state Hillary Clinton as the
   front-runners.

   Michigan and Mississippi are holding Democratic primaries. Idaho is
   holding a Republican primary and there is a Republican caucus in
   Hawaii.

   The plain-speaking and often harsh Trump continues to be the top choice
   among Republicans over Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Florida Senator Marco
   Rubio and Ohio Governor John Kasich. But polls show his support has
   eroded in recent weeks.

   Republican leaders have launched an intense effort to try to stop
   Trump, saying he is too unpredictable and would lose in November if
   Clinton is the Democratic nominee.

   Several anti-Trump organizations plan to spend at least $10 million in
   the next week on television advertisements, primarily in Florida and
   Illinois, two big states where Republicans are holding primaries on
   March 15.

   Rather than respond to the ad campaign against him with television ads
   of his own, Trump said he would continue attacking his opponents
   through Twitter.

   "We cannot let the failing Republican establishment, who could not stop
   Obama, ruin the movement with millions of dollars in false ads!" Trump
   said Monday.

   For the Democrats, Clinton has a large lead in the delegate count over
   her only rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.

   Sanders enjoys wide support among young voters and has appealed to them
   not to stay home on election day.

   One-hundred-50 Republican delegates are up for grabs in all four states
   Tuesday. The Democrats have 189 delegates at stake.

   The delegates and their pledges of support are the key to securing the
   party's nomination at this July's conventions.
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