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Super Tuesday sequel could set stage for long Clinton-Sanders duel

Hillary Clinton had hoped Tuesday’s primaries in five states in the South and Midwest would cement her grip on the Democratic presidential nomination.

Instead, they’re expected to make clear the race will be a slog for many weeks.

Home-Turf Tuesday: What to watch in today’s primaries

Home, it is said, is where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.

Tuesday gives three candidates a chance to test that axiom.

Bernie Sanders’s surprise win in Michigan last week upended the Democratic presidential primary. Or not — Hillary Clinton still has a big lead in pledged delegates. Here’s the big question for Democrats right now: Was Michigan a fluke? If so, Clinton will easily win Ohio on Tuesday, along with Florida and North Carolina. If not, Sanders could win the Buckeye State. Illinois and Missouri, meanwhile, look to be more competitive regardless of what really happened in Michigan. Let’s take each contest one at a time.

Breaking down the Democratic map

Bernie Sanders has been looking forward to Tuesday’s string of industrial Midwestern contests for some time, confident that his economic message and opposition to trade deals will resonate in working class areas hit hard by manufacturing losses and foreign competition.

The Vermont senator comes in with some momentum after his upset victory Tuesday in Michigan, and figures to be competitive in at least three of Tuesday’s five Democratic presidential primaries: Illinois, Missouri and Ohio.

Donald Trump keeps his lead in winner-take-all Florida, at 44 percent over Ted Cruz’s 24 percent and Marco Rubio’s 21 percent. In Ohio, Governor John Kasich is tied with Trump 33 percent to 33 percent, in two of the big winner-take-all delegate prizes up on Tuesday.

Following a second-place finish in the Nevada caucuses that many thought established him as the leading alternative to frontrunner Donald Trump, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has seen his campaign stumble badly, winning only two contests (Minnesota and Puerto Rico) while coming in behind Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in most of the primaries and caucuses since and even coming in behind Ohio Gov. John Kasich in several states. Over at FiveThirtyEight.com, data guru Nate Silver diagnoses a key shortcoming of the ... Read More >>

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign manager, citing Sen. Bernie Sanders’ surprise victory in Michigan this week after outspending the Democratic frontrunner, is warning supporters that it could happen again Tuesday in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois.

“Bernie outraised us by $12 million in February, then outspent us on TV in Michigan,” with the Vermont senator won, Robby Mook emailed supporters.