Clinton, Trump win Georgia presidential primaries - and Atlanta voters renew sewer tax
500,000 of your fellow Georgians sided with the reality TV star
Five hundred thousand. That’s approximately how many people picked Donald Trump in the Georgia GOP presidential primary, handing the reality TV star and business tycoon more delegates and helping his chances of snagging the Republican Party’s nomination. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., earned the second highest number of votes. (Here’s a handy breakdown of how the Georgia Republican Party is allocating its delegates.)
As expected, Hillary Clinton won over roughly 71 percent of voters in Georgia’s Democratic presidential primary, handily defeating U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, whom exit polls say trailed far behind the former secretary of state in earning black voters’ support.
Clinton and Trump walked away with victories in most of the 12 states that held presidential primaries on Tuesday. Sanders won four states, including Massachusetts and his home state of Vermont.
Finally, nearly 75 percent of Atlanta voters opted to renew the Municipal Option Sales Tax to continue funding Atlanta’s sewer system. Super Tuesday was the final time the city can ask voters to renew the tax, which has already raised roughly $1 billion, without legislative approval.