On 15 March 2016 primaries were held in the important and populous states of Florida, North Carolina, Illinois, Ohio and Missouri. Donald Trump managed to win all of those states apart from Ohio, which was won by John Kasich, who is currently the governor of Ohio. Hillary Clinton managed to beat Bernie Sanders in all of them. The victories bring both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton closer to getting the nomination. Following the election outcomes, Marco Rubio decided to drop out as he lost his own state Florida, for which he is currently senator.

The odds of Bernie Sanders beating Hillary Clinton for the Democrat nominations after these victories are at this point close to impossible. Donald Trump has managed to surge far ahead of Ted Cruz now and even more of John Kasich when it comes to the amount of delegates. The only possibility to stop Donald Trump at this point would be to force a contested convention if Ted Cruz and John Kasich can prevent Donald Trump from getting a majority of the delegates.

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For an overview of the delegates won by each contender click here.

For an overview of next primaries to be held click here.
For an explanation on primaries in general click here.

For latest polls on the Republican candidates click here.
For latest polls on the Democrat candidates click here.

For an explanation on how a contested convention would work click here.