An applicant for the post of US President Democrat Bernie Sanders defeated his main rival Hillary Clinton in the Democratic caucuses in Kansas. This was reported by NBC TV channel with reference to the statement by the local branch of the Democratic Party.
Official final results of meetings of party activists in Kansas yet. If Sanders result is confirmed, he will receive the 33 votes of the Congress delegates.
On Saturday the Democrats carried the primaries in Louisiana, and the meeting of party activists in the states of Kansas and Nebraska.
NBC also predicts victory Sanders Nebraska. At the same time, the victory in the primaries in Louisiana (the state’s population is over 4.5 million people), television predicts Clinton.
According to the results of previous primaries and caucuses in general Clinton enlisted the support of 1066 delegates and Sanders – 432. in order to become an official candidate of the Democratic party for the US presidency, a candidate must win the support of 2383 delegates of the 4764 participants in the national congress of the party in Pennsylvania July 25-28. US presidential elections are scheduled for November 8, 2016.
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