Metro voters ready for primaries

Many local voters are ready for the primaries next Tuesday

VOTERS SEEM TO BE LEANING TOWARDONECANDIDATE IN THE DEMOCRATICRACE.THEY BELIEVE THAT CONTENDER CANDENY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMPANOTHER FOURYEARS IN OFFICE.

BIDEN VERSUS SANDERS.MISSISSIPPI VOTERS HEAD TO THEPOLLS IN AFEW DAYS TO CAST BALLOTS IN THEDEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.HAWAII CONGRESSMAN TULSI GABBARDIS STILLRUNNING.THE DECISION FOR MOST VOTERSWILL COMEDOWN TO 77 YEAR-OLD FORMER VPJOE BIDEAND SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS WHO'SA YEAROLDEWHO ARE YOU VOTING FOR JOE BIDENBECAUSE I'M A LIFELONG DEMOCRAI FEEL LIKE HE'S THE MAN FOR THEJOB I MEAN HE HAS BEEN THERE HEUNDERSTANDS HE WAS OBAMAS VICEPRESIDENT I THINK HE WOULD DO AWONDERFUL JOB.ASHBY FOOTE IS THE LONEREPUBLICAN ONTHE JACKSON CITY COUNCIL.I'M SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMPBUT I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN THEOTHER PARTY AS WELL TO SEE WHATTHE CHOICES ARE FOR THE VOTERS.TWO DAYS BEFORE VOTERS HEAD TOTHEPOLLS BIDEN IS HOLDING A SUNDAYCAMPAIGNSTOP AT NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCHINJACKSON.SANDERS CANCELED A FRIDAY RALLYPLANNEFOR THE TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS.MAYOR CHOKWE ANTAR LUMUMBA WHOENDORSED SANDERS SAID IN ASTATEMENT"WHILE I WAS CERTAINLY LOOKINGFORWARD TO SHARING THE STAGEDURING TOMORROW'SPLANNED CAMPAIGN RALLY... I CANONIMAGINE THE DEMANDS OF RUNNING APRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND HOWUNPREDICTABLE THAT LANDSCAPE CANBE."WELL BIDEN IS MY MAN ANYWAY I'MNOT CONCERNED ABOUT HIM.MOST VOTERS SAID THEY'RESUPPORTINGBIDEN BELIEVE THEY BELIEVE HE'SSTRONGENOUGH TO DEFEAT PRESIDENTDONALDTRUMP.YES.

THAT'S THE DRIVING FACTORBEHIND THIS I'M READY FOR TRUMPTO BE GONE AND I'M READY FORSOMETHING NEW TO COME IN.

A NEW MASON DIXON POLL OFMISSISSIPPVOTERS SHOW PRESIDENT TRUMP WITHA HUGE LEAD OVER BOTH BIDEN ANDSANDERS.WHOEVER WINS THE DEMOCRATICPRIMARY WILL HAVE AN UPHILLBATTLE TO DEFEAT TPRESIDENT IN NOVEMBER.

ROSSADAMS 16 WAPT NEWS... NEW MASON DIXON POLLING NUMBERSARE OUT TONIGHT -- AND PRESIDENTDONALD TRUMP IS LEADING IN THERACE FOR PRESIDENT INMISSISSIPPI.STATEWIDE -- PRESIDENT TRUMP ISLEADINGFORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOEBIDEN56 PERCENT TO 42 PERCENT.THE PRESIDENT IS LEADING BERNIESANDERS 59 PERCENT TO 36PERCENT..IN THE MISSISSIPPI SENATE RACE-- THEMASON DIXON POLL REVEALS SENATORCINDY HYDE SMITH HAS A TEN POINTLEAD OVERMIKE ESPY..MISSISSIPPI'S PRIMARY ELECTIONIS MARCH 10..

MORE THAN 15- THOUSAND VOTERSHAVE REQUESTED AN ABSENTEEBALLOT FORMARCH 10TH PRIMARY ELECTIONS.CIRCUIT CLERKS OFFICES RECEIVED LITTLE OVER 10- THOUSAND AS OFTUESDAY..CIRCUIT CLERKS OFFICES WILL BEOPEN FROM 8 A.M.

TO 12 P.M.

THISSATURDAY TOALLOW VOTERS TO CAST AN ABSENTEEBALLOTIN-PERSOMAILED ABSENTEE BALLOTS MUST BERECEIVED BY 5 P.M.

MONDAY... THEN THERE WERE THREE.

THE RACEFOR THE DEMOCRATICNOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT--NOWESSENTIALLY A TWO MAN RACE--WITHTHEDEPARTURE OF SENATOR ELIZABETHWARREN.THE BIG QUESTION NOW REMAINS,WHO WILL SHESUPPORT?ABC'S SERENA MARSHALL HAS MOREFROM WASHINGTON.

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SENATOR ELIZABETH WARRENSAYING GOODBYE TO THEPRESIDENTIAL RACETHURSDAY:WARREN: I WILL NOT BE RUNNINGFOR PRESIDENTIN 2020BOWING OUT- AFTER ADISAPPOINTING SHOWINGON SUPER TUESDAY-EVEN FAILING TOWIN HEHOME STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.

THERACE-- NOW A TWO MANSHOW-TULSI GABBARD STILLRUNNING-HOWEVER, HPATH TO VICTORY VIRTUALLYIMPOSSIBLE.

WARREN: ALL THOSELITTLE GIRLS WHO AREGOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOUR MOREYEARTHAT'S GOING TO BE HARD.

FORMERVICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN--RACKING UP10 STATES ON SUPERTUESDAY--KNOCKINGVERMONT SENATOR BERNIE SANDERSOUT OFFRONT RUNNER STATUS.THE BIG COMEBACK-- AFTERENDORSEMENFROM HIS FORMER RIVALS-- INCLUDING MICHAEL BLOOMBERGYESTERDAY.

BLOOMBERG: BEATINGDONALD TRUMP STARTSWITH UNITING BEHIND THECANDIDATE WITH THEBEST SHOT TO DO ITLEADING TO ACCUSATIONS-- THATBIDEN'S BACKERS IN THEDEMOCRATICESTABLISHMENT ARE GANGING UP ONSANDERS.BIDEN OFF MIC: "THEESTABLISHMENT ARE ALLTHOSE HARD WORKING MIDDLE CLASSPEOPLEAND THOSE AFRICAN AMERICANS -THOSESINGLE WOMEN IN SUBURBIA-THEY'RE THEESTABLISHMENT."SANDERS TRAILS BIDEN IN THEPOPULAR VOTE,AND DELEGATES, STRUGGLING TOBRINGOUT THE YOUNGER VOTERS--HEAPPEALS TOSANDERS: HAVE WE BEEN ASSUCCESSFUL AS IWOULD HOPE IN BRINGING YOUNGPEOPLE IN?

AND THE ANSWER ISNO."AS FOR WHO WARREN WILL ENDORSEFOR THEDEMOCRATIC NOMINATION-SHE'S NOTSAYING-FOR NOW.WARREN 124111