7th June USA Primary results: Seems to be Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump for USA presidency

The contents below are from Facebook posts of mine created yesterday, 8th June 2016, https://www.facebook.com/ravi.s.iyer.7/posts/1751314768418426 and https://www.facebook.com/ravi.s.iyer.7/posts/1751280611755175.

Donald Trump Primary Night Speech 6/7/2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFIZ80Oqxxo, 15 min 55 secs

Here's a rush transcript of the speech, http://www.vox.com/2016/6/7/11880448/donald-trump-victory-speech-transcript

The section below uses data from http://edition.cnn.com/election.

Donald Trump: Bound delegates: 1415 + Unbound delegates: 126 = 1541 delegates [1237 delegates are needed to be Republican party nominee]

Trump swept the polls, as expected, on June 7th in:

1) South Dakota: With estimated 99% vote counted, Trump won 67.1% of the vote and all 29 bound delegates

2) Montana: With estimated 94% vote counted, Trump won 73.7% of the vote and all 27 bound delegates

3) New Jersey: With estimated 92% vote counted, Trump won 80.6% of the vote and all 51 bound delegates

4) New Mexico: With estimated 77% vote counted, Trump won/is winning 70.7% of the vote and all 24 bound delegates

5) California: With estimated 61% vote counted, Trump won/is winning 75.4% of the vote and all 172 bound delegates
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USA Mainstream media: Hillary Clinton becomes presumptive Democratic nominee

Based on http://edition.cnn.com/election, (Former) Secretary Hillary Clinton won the June 7th primary elections in the states of:

1) New Jersey: From 98% estimated votes counted: 63.3 % vote and 75 delegates for Clinton and 36.7% vote and 47 delegates for Sanders [Total pledged delegates in state: 126]

2) New Mexico: From 98% estimated votes counted: 51.5 % vote and 18 delegates for Clinton and 48.5% vote and 16 delegates for Sanders [Total pledged delegates in state: 34]

3) South Dakota: From 99% estimated votes counted: 51.0 % vote and 10 delegates for Clinton and 49.0% vote and 10 delegates for Sanders [Total pledged delegates in state: 20]

Additionally one BIG state whose vote count is still in the 60s percentage, seems to have been called for Clinton by CNN:
1) California: From 63% estimated votes counted: 56.3 % vote and 238 delegates for Clinton and 42.7% vote and 155 delegates for Sanders [Total pledged delegates in state: 475]

Senator Sanders won the June 7th primary election in the following states:
1) North Dakota: From 100% estimated votes counted: 64.2 % vote and 13 delegates for Sanders and 25.6% vote and 5 delegates for Clinton [Total pledged delegates in state: 18]

2) Montana: From 95% estimated votes counted: 51 % vote and 11 delegates for Sanders and 44.6% vote and 10 delegates for Clinton [Total pledged delegates in state: 21]
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Delegates count USA wide from the same CNN site

Clinton: 2168 pledged + 572 super = 2740 [2383 delegates needed to win nomination]

Sanders: 1777 pledged + 47 super  = 1824

Here is Clinton's emotional speech on becoming the presumptive nominee, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXOp5Je66Xo, around 20 minutes.

Here is a rush transcript of her speech, http://www.vox.com/2016/6/8/11880172/hillary-clinton-historic-victory-speech

Please note that I have a PUBLICLY NEUTRAL informal-student-observer role in these posts that I put up about the USA presidential elections. Of course, as I am an Indian citizen living in India, there is no question of me voting in these elections.

[I thank cnn.com and have presumed that they will not have any objections to me referring to election results data from their website on this post which is freely viewable by all, and does not have any financial profit motive whatsoever.]

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