Politics & Government
Proof Your Vote Counts: Bernie Sanders Beat Hillary Clinton By One in This City
Clinton may have won the Massachusetts primary, but she lost one city by a single vote on Super Tuesday.
BOSTON, MA - Proof that every vote does count comes today courtesy of Methuen, where Bernie Sanders bested Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton by a single ballot this Super Tuesday.
Sanders got 3,409 votes, or 48.23 percent; Clinton got 3,408 votes, or 48.22 percent.
Clinton could blame Sanders for that small-scale defeat, but she also lost votes to a now-defunct candidate and a little-known name.
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Despite dropping out of the race last month, former Baltimore mayor and Maryland governor Martin O'Malley nonetheless won 42 of the 7,068 votes cast in Methuen. Businessman Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente took 15 votes.
Small potatoes elsewhere, but not in Methuen. The city was trending Wednesday on Twitter, where one user speculated on the defining ballot.
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"My vote!!" she tweeted. "If only my mom voted..."
>> Photo courtesy Methuen City Clerk's office
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