Were you to read a portion of the New York Times‘ display copy this morning, you’d probably not be expressly aware of the fact that Bernie Sanders won more states—and more delegates—than Hillary Clinton in Wednesday’s primaries in Arizona, Idaho, and Utah. “Frontrunners Take Arizona,” read one headline, “Cruz and Sanders Also Win.”
Sanders’s “also win” occurred in Idaho and Utah, where the Vermont Senator picked up 17 and 24 delegates, respectively. Sanders won nearly 80 percent of the vote in both states. He also picked up 27 delegates in the Arizona primary, in which Clinton won 46, gaining nearly 60 percent of the vote. In sum, Bernie Sanders had the better night, edging Clinton in the delegate count 68-59.
Overall, Sanders trails Clinton by a significant delegate count; but the kid stays in the picture.
On Monday, Sanders won the Democrats Abroad global primary, in which 69 percent of the more than 34,000 voters from 170 countries opted for the Vermontian. He took in 60 percent of the vote in Israel.
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Jonathan Zalman is a writer and teacher based in Brooklyn.