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Marco Rubio's campaign schedule

May 18, 2016
-Flight to Seattle, Washington state
-Free trade policy speech in favor of Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) at at the Port of Seattle in Seattle, WA
-Dinner with voters at Seattle's Best Coffee in Seattle, WA
-Barnstorm at the South Lake Union neighborhood in Seattle, WA
-Town hall meeting at Seattle Central Library in Seattle, WA

May 19, 2016
-Fundraising breakfast with the voters and the donors at the Starbucks Center in Seattle, Washington
-Rally at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, WA
-Fundraising event at Seattle Center in Seattle, WA
-Dinner with voters at the Starbucks Center in Seattle, WA
-Foreign policy speech at Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA
-Immigration policy speech at the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Seattle, WA
-Meet with college voters at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA
-Energy policy speech at U.S. Oil & Refining Company headquarters in Tacoma, WA
-Economic policy speech at the Port of Tacoma in Tacoma, WA

May 20, 2016
-Meet with college voters at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA
-Barnstorm in Olympia, WA
-Bus trip to Spokane, WA
-Fundraising event at the Peyton Building in Spokane, WA
-Speech at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, WA
-Speech at St. Aloysius Church in Spokane, WA
-Economic policy speech at the Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, WA, alongside CEO Paul Allen
-Barnstorm in Redmond, WA
-Meet with college voters at Seattle Japanese School in Bellevue, WA, in an effort to woo the Asian-American vote and young voters
-Speech at the Bellevue Arts Museum in Bellevue, WA

May 21, 2016
-Barnstorm in Seattle, WA
-Rally at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, WA
-Foreign policy speech in reaction to recent military exercises conducted by North Korean military forces near border with South Korea and unveiling Marco Rubio's plan to ensure peace, stability and security on the Pacific Ocean - Museum of Flight, Seattle, Washington :


Almost 75 years ago, during World War II, the Washington state played a major role for our forces' readiness for the Pacific War, especially when it comes to the manufacturing of ships and warplanes for the war effort. But now, we are facing new challenges on the Pacific Ocean : North Korea keeps developing its nuclear program and is multiplying provocations on the Pacific by threatening our regional allies militarily. Pyongyang is increasing missile tests and conducting military exercises near the Korean Demilitarized Zone, violating Korean Armistice Agreement (ratified at the end of the Korean War in 1953) and weakening stability in the Korean peninsula. That's why we must put North Korea back on the list of states supporting terrorism. Kim Jong-un's regime is much more dangerous than ever before. If we don't take action on it, we risk witnessing the beginning of a devastating nuclear war.

China is lead by an oppressive communist government that does not embrace free enterprise and restricts freedom of the Chinese people. Beijing is also disputing insular territories in the Pacific and shows it's military power in order to threat it's opponents in the region, violating South China Sea's territorial integrity. We need to increase military exercises with our allies in the region if we want to prevent such a crisis and make our partners more able to prevent any Chinese offensive.

Abu Sayyaf is a threat that must be exterminated. This Filipino terrorist group that swore allegiance to ISIS is killing innocent Christians, holding tourists hostage to fund their terrorist activities, put in danger our local economic and political interests and is trying to rip apart one of our most strategic geopolitical allies on the South China Sea : the Philippines. Abu Sayyaf is bringing instability on the Pacific Ocean and if we don't destroy it, this terrorist organization could use the Philippines as a springboard to commit terrorist attacks against us and our allies.

I propose that we create around the Pacific Ocean an intergovernmental military alliance similar to NATO, but including the United States and all their allies around the Pacific (like Canada, Mexico, Peru, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Philippines, South Korea, Japan, etc.) to prevent any North Korean aggression, to take down any North Korean missile thrown against us or our allies and to reinforce security on the Pacific Ocean. Thanks to such an intergovernmental military association, we can avoid any war with North Korea and restore peace, security and stability on the Pacific while increasing pressure on Pyongyang and we'll be able to ensure South China's Sea territorial integrity and expand freedom in this region by reinforcing our military presence there in order to make sure our local allies will be able to discourage China from attacking and invading our partners. The U.S. Navy and our allies will bomb djihadists fighting for Abu Sayyaf and our warplanes from our aircraft carriers will locate targets and destroy them, thus helping the Filipino government to eradicate Abu Sayyaf and restore security and peace on its territory. This is peace through strength. The Pacific Ocean will be aptly named.

God bless our men and women in uniform, God bless our allies and God bless the United States of America. Thank you everybody!

May 22, 2016
-Bus trip to Vancouver, WA
-Immigration policy speech in Vancouver, WA
-Economic policy speech at the Port of Vancouver USA in Vancouver, WA
-Meet with college voters at Washington State University Vancouver in Vancouver, WA
-Fundraising event at Evergreen Hotel in Vancouver, WA
-Foreign policy speech in Vancouver, WA
-Bus trip to Kent, WA

May 23, 2016
-Barnstorm in Kent, WA
-Space policy speech at Blue Origin headquarters in Kent, WA
-Bus trip to Renton, WA
-Barnstorm in Renton, WA
-Bus trip to Federal Way, WA
-Barnstorm in Federal Way, WA
-Bus trip to Issaquah, WA
-Barnstorm to Issaquah, WA
-Supper with the voters at XXX Root Beer restaurant in Issaquah, WA

May 24, 2016
-Bus trip to Seattle, WA
-Manufacturing policy speech at Boeing headquarters in Seattle, WA
-Rally at Safeco Field in Seattle, WA
-Watch the coverage of the Washington Republican primary at Hotel Max in Seattle, WA

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The Washington Post

Political Geography: Tales from the campaign trail

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Both Marco Rubio and Donald Trump focused their efforts on western regions of the Washington state, a region that seems to be the key to victory in this state. Rubio could have the upper hand in western Washington, especially in the Seattle, Olympia and Tacoma areas due to his appeal among ethnic minorities and to his focus on economic issues and foreign policy issues.

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WASHINGTON REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, 2016

CNN America's Choice theme : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uvpd4myQXs

Wolf Blitzer : « Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I'm Wolf Blitzer from the CNN Election Center and tonight we cover the Republican primary in the state of Washington. »

Wolf Blitzer : « It's 10 pm and we can project that Marco Rubio and Donald Trump are sharing supremacy in Washington's eastern counties but Rubio is on the lead though Trump is leading in the Spokane County (home to Spokane). »

Washington Republican primary (25 % reported) - 44 delegates

Marco Rubio : 57 %
Donald Trump : 39 %      

Wolf Blitzer : « It's 10 : 15 pm and Marco Rubio dominates in northern Washington and is enjoying big leads in the King County (home to Seattle) and the Pearce County (home to Tacoma). »

Washington Republican primary (50 % reported) - 44 delegates

Marco Rubio : 60 %
Donald Trump : 38 %

Wolf Blitzer : « It's 10 : 30 pm. Marco Rubio sweeps most of the state of Washington's western counties, including the Thurston County (home to Olympia). »

Washington Republican primary (75 % reported) - 44 delegates

Marco Rubio : 62 %
Donald Trump : 37 %

Wolf Blitzer : « It's 10 : 45 pm. We can project that Marco Rubio will win the Washington Republican primary. »

Washington Republican primary (100 % reported) - 44 delegates

Marco Rubio : 63 % ✔ - 30 delegates
Donald Trump : 37 % - 14 delegates

MARCO RUBIO WINS THE WASHINGTON REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

Wolf Blitzer : «  We'll see you in 2 weeks as we will cover the primaries in California, New Mexico, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota (for the Democrats) and New Jersey, all contests that will determine issue of the Republican and Democratic presidential primary races. Thank you for watching and good night. »

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Republican Presidential Primaries - Map and Delegates Count

Marco Rubio : 1153 delegates, 38.83 % of the vote
Donald Trump : 627 delegates, 29.49 % of the vote
Ted Cruz : 360 delegates, 18.93 % of the vote
Ben Carson : 7 delegates, 1.8 % of the vote
Jeb Bush : 4 delegates, 0.47 % of the vote
John Kasich : 1 delegate, 0.22 % of the vote
Carly Fiorina : 1 delegate, 0.11 % of the vote
Rand Paul : 1 delegate, 0.07 % of the vote
Mike Huckabee : 1 delegate, 0.03 % of the vote
Chris Christie : 0 delegate, 0.14 % of the vote
Jim Gilmore : 0 delegate, 0.03 % of the vote
Rick Santorum : 0 delegate, 0.01 % of the vote

2472 delegates in total
1237 delegates needed to win the nomination

Democratic Presidential Primaries - Map and Delegates Count

Hillary Clinton : 2109 delegates, 44.15 % of the vote
Bernie Sanders : 1660 delegates, 37.82 % of the vote
Martin O'Malley : 0 delegate, 0.02 % of the vote
      
4763 delegates in total
2382 delegates needed to win the nomination

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Marco Rubio's victory speech in Seattle, Washington

Thank you Washington.

Here, in Seattle we are bordering an ocean that is about to become a battlefield. But if we stand with our allies, reinforce our military presence on the Pacific and create the PTO in order to stop North Korea and China from pursuing their arms race and their military agression against our local allies, the Pacific Ocean will remain pacific. I met many people here in the Pacific Northwest that lost their jobs and are worried about their future and America's future. Their situation is due to Barack Obama's protectionism and war on energy. But TPP will make our companies competitive again, reduce the cost of trading, get us new consumers, bring innovation as well as job creation. When it comes to energy, like I said, Obama declared war on energy, overexpanded regulations on fossil energy industries and made us unable to develop new forms of energies. But if I'm President, we will double permits on federal lands, increase oil drilling, approve the Keystone XL pipeline, build the TransAmerica Energy pipeline from Pennsylvania to California and another one from Alaska to Alberta, which will create many good-paying jobs, boost our automobile industry, reduce the cost of buying a car in America (which will give us the upper-hand in the TPP where American cars will be less expansive than Asian cars), get us energy independence and give the necessary revenues to invest into the development of renewable energies, thus helping America to pursue further job creation without hurting the environment. A safer, more prosperous and more united America will lead us to a New American Century that will make our dreams becoming reality, restore the American Dream and keep America's status as the land of opportunity alive.

Thank you! God bless America.

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New polls

As Marco Rubio has only 84 more delegates to win to secure the Republican nomination, California has become the main battleground for the June 7 primaries. So Marco Rubio and Donald Trump are focusing their efforts mostly on California. Whoever wins the California primary and all the 172 delegates will determine the issue of the Republican primary race : if Donald Trump wins this primary, the Republican National Convention will be brokered, which would give Trump a new chance of winning the nomination. If Rubio wins the California primary, he will become the Republican nominee. He's in good position to accomplish this goal : according to recent polls, the Florida Senator is leading the real estate mogul in California with 57 % of the voting intentions over Trump's 41 %.

Nationwide polls

Republicans

Marco Rubio : 62 %
Donald Trump : 38 %

Democrats

Hillary Clinton : 44 %
Bernie Sanders : 43 %
Undecided : 13 %

California polls

Republicans

Marco Rubio : 57 %
Donald Trump : 41 %
Undecided : 2 %

Democrats

Hillary Clinton : 46 %
Bernie Sanders : 42 %
Undecided : 10 %

New Mexico polls

Republicans

Marco Rubio : 68 %
Donald Trump : 31 %
Undecided : 1 %

Democrats

Hillary Clinton : 57 %
Bernie Sanders : 31 %
Undecided : 19 %

Montana polls

Republicans

Marco Rubio : 55 %
Donald Trump : 41 %
Undecided : 4 %

Democrats

Bernie Sanders : 55 %
Hillary Clinton : 43 %
Undecided : 2 %

South Dakota polls

Republicans

Marco Rubio : 57 %
Donald Trump : 41 %
Undecided : 2 %

Democrats

Hillary Clinton : 51 %
Bernie Sanders : 48 %
Undecided : 1 %

New Jersey polls

Republicans

Donald Trump : 55 %
Marco Rubio : 42 %
Undecided : 3 %

Democrats

Hillary Clinton : 55 %
Bernie Sanders : 42 %
Undecided : 3 %

General election polls

Hillary Clinton vs Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio : 49 %
Hillary Clinton : 44 %

Hillary Clinton vs Donald Trump

Hillary Clinton : 50 %
Donald Trump: 39 %

Bernie Sanders vs Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio : 49 %
Bernie Sanders : 49 %

Bernie Sanders vs Donald Trump

Bernie Sanders : 54 %
Donald Trump : 36 %

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On the campaign trail

New endorsements

Ahead of the California primary, Marco Rubio, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, received an important endorsement in California : Meg Whitman, the Hewlett-Packard Enterprise CEO.

During one of Rubio's rallies in San Francisco, the businesswoman described the Florida Senator as the «presidential candidate with the best background to make America prosperous. Thanks to the promotion of small government and tax reform, he will champion small businesses, make America the best place in the world to open a new business, make America competitive in the global economy, bring innovation, lead America to energy independence, balance our budget. Senator Rubio knows that America's economic success is not due to big government. It's due to free market, to hard working, to ingenuity and entrepreneurship. That's why I'm here to announce that I endorse Marco Rubio. »

Montana Senator Steve Daines, South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds, South Dakota Governor Denis Daugaard and former New Mexico Senator Pete Domeneci also gave their endorsements to Senator Rubio.

Investigator General Report Critical of Clinton

Yesterday, the Department's Office of the Inspector General Steve Linick released an 83-page report about the State Department's email practices.

The Inspector General was unable to find evidence that Clinton had ever sought approval from the State Department staff for her use of a private email server, determining that if Clinton had sought approval, Department staff would have declined her setup because of the "security risks in doing so. Aside from security risks, the report stated that "she did not comply with the Department's policies that were implemented in accordance with the Federal Records Act." The report also stated that Clinton and her senior aides declined to speak with the investigators, while the previous four Secretaries of State did so.

The Inspector General criticized Clinton's use of private email for Department business, concluding that it was "not an appropriate method" of document preservation and did not follow Department policies that aim to comply with federal record laws.

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Cali is not winner take all : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_primaries,_2016#/media/File%3ADelegate_Allocation_Rules_by_State_and_Territory%2C_2016_(Republican_Party).svg

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Cali is not winner take all : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_primaries,_2016#/media/File%3ADelegate_Allocation_Rules_by_State_and_Territory%2C_2016_(Republican_Party).svg

Right. Thanks! And not even the 2008 California Republican primary was winner-take-all.

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Marco Rubio's campaign schedule
Part 1

May 25, 2016
-Flight to San Diego, California
-Immigration policy speech in San Diego, CA
-Foreign policy speech at General Dynamics headquarters in San Diego, CA
-Free trade policy speech in San Diego, CA
-Meet with college voters at the University of California in San Diego, CA
-Innovation policy speech at Qualcomm headquarters in San Diego, CA
-Rally at Torero Stadium in San Diego, CA
-Infrastructure policy speech in San Diego, CA
-Rally at Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, CA
-Bus trip to Los Angeles, CA
-Fundraising event at the Los Angeles Opera in Los Angeles, CA
-Speech in Los Angeles, CA, in which Marco Rubio slams Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email instead of a governmental email in reaction to recent reports :

Once again, Hillary Clinton has insulted the intelligence of the American people by lying about her emails. By deleting 30 000 emails, she put our national security in danger by allowing our nation's foes to hijack these emails to put lives in danger around the world. In addition Secretary Clinton's lax security compromised at least two counterterrorism operations such as the operation to eliminate the leader of Abu Sayyaf as well as the operation to intercept Chinese-made weapons components being smuggled into Iraq. That's why Hillary Clinton is disqualified from being Commander-in-Chief. She can't be trusted to keep America safe.

When I'm President, we will act a totally different way :  I will use a governmental email server and so will all the members of my Cabinet. We will restore integrity. We will stand with our allies. We will strengthen and modernize our military as well as our security measures and our alliances so we can defeat radical Islamic terrorism, keep America safe and restore peace and security around the world.

May 26, 2016
-Economic policy speech at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles, California
-Rally with voters at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California
-Immigration reform policy speech in Los Angeles, California in an effort to attract Hispanic voters
-Rally with voters at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum where he promises that Los Angeles will host the 2024 Summer Olympics
-Free trade policy speech at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California
-Rally with voters at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California
-Energy policy speech in Los Angeles, California
-Foreign policy speech at the USS Iowa Museum in Los Angeles, California
Space policy speech in Los Angeles, California

If we want to grow our space industry and relaunch U.S. space exploration is to incentivize the private sector to develop space technology by promoting partnership between NASA and private spaceflight companies like SpaceX, Shackleton Energy Company, Space Adventures, Ltd., Planetary Resources, Deep Space Industries, etc., and by extending tax credits and exemptions for those businesses investing in research and development, equipment and other capital (a plan similar to the AGREE Act that I co-sponsored to the Senate in 2011) in order not only to create new jobs in the space industry but also to develop a plan that will keep our space program alive, dynamic and competitive. That's how we'll be able to innovate and develop our space technologies and equipment and to exploit volatiles, minerals and other raw materials from asteroids, comets, moons, near-Earth objects and other space objects to grow our economy. Some of these resources will be taken back to Earth to grow our economy and create jobs (especially gold, silver, iridium, platinum, osmium, palladium, rhodium, rhenium, tungsten and ruthenium) or used to construct rockets and spacecrafts that will be committed for spatial missions (iron, aluminium, titanium, nickel, manganese, molybdenum and cobalt), to ensure our astronauts' self-sufficiency (oxygen and water) and to be utilized as rocket propellant (hydrogen, oxygen and ammonia). That's what we can call in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) that provides all the required materials and energy for a space mission. That way, thanks to ISRU, we will successfully conduct a manned space mission and reclaim our status as world leaders in space exploration while reducing the mass and cost of space exploration architectures as well as the amount of payload that must be launched from Earth in order to explore a given planetary-body.

By the way, if we want to revive and grow our space program, we also have to abolish government regulations on space commercialization that cost too much, make it harder for American innovators to create jobs and undermined our citizens' and businesses' ability to establish property rights in space, which imposed obstacles to the development of space for commercial development and human habitation as well. But in November 2015, the Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship Act of 2015 (SPACE Act of 2015) was signed into law after passing in Congress in order to discourage government barriers to the development in the United States of economically viable, safe, and stable industries for commercial exploration and commercial recovery of spatial resources in manners consistent with the global commitments of America, to recognize the right of U.S. citizens and businesses to own space resources they obtain and to promote the commercial exploration and use of resources exploited on asteroids. This bill is an important gain for our country, for Florida’s space coast and for the whole space exploration community. That's why I supported that bill to help the American space industry to create new jobs and to expand further into space than ever before. I will use this kind leadership as President of the United States

Thanks to my plan, we will revive our space program, make progress in space exploration, conduct successful manned space missions on the Moon or Mars by 2030, encourage space commercialization through the exploitation of spatial resources and raw materials to accelerate job creation in the United States and to make our space missions more easy to accomplish while limiting the government's role, reducing government spending and saving taxpayers' money. The future is becoming reality and this will be one giant leap not only for America but also for mankind as Neil Armstrong said while becoming the first person to walk on the Moon, 47 years ago.

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Marco Rubio's campaign schedule
Part 2

May 27, 2016
-Barnstorm in Inglewood, CA
-Rally at The Forum in Inglewood, CA
-Bus trip to Santa Monica, CA
-Barnstorm in Santa Monica, CA
-Bus trip to Simi Valley, CA
-Speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA, where Senator Rubio praises Ronald Reagan's legacy and accomplishments as President of the United States
-Bus trip to Santa Clara, CA
-Economic policy speech at Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, CA
-Manufacturing policy speech at Applied Materials headquarters in Santa Clara, CA
-Economic policy speech at Avaya headquarters in Santa Clara, CA
-Meet with college voters at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, CA
-Rally at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA
-Speech at the Central Park Library in Santa Clara, CA, where Marco Rubio hammers Donald Trump by accusing him of plagiarizing Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign slogan (Let's Make America Great Again) with his slogan « Make America Great Again » :

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(Own modification, original image attribution: [https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/10/17/with-marco-rubio-ascendant-will-larry-ellison-double-down//Scott R. Galvin] via Associated Press)

Here we are, in the great state of California, where Ronald Reagan was an actor in Hollywood, where he served as Governor for 8 years before becoming the 40th President of the United States and where he's resting.

My rival Donald Trump seeks to destroy Ronald Reagan's legacy, a legacy that made America great, safe and prosperous. He wants to withdraw us from free trade deals and make us less competitive in the world economy through protectionist policies that will kill American jobs and restrict opportunities to create jobs in America through lower tariffs and lower costs for American products. He wants to withdraw America from NATO, which will allow a massive victory for ISIS, for international terrorism and for Vladimir Putin. This will make the world less safe and put it in a chaotic situation. We need strong American leadership, a strong U.S. military and strong alliances in order to make America and the whole world safe, to defeat terrorism and to restore freedom and democracy around the world. That is exactly what I will do as President.

My opponent Donald Trump has plagiarized Ronald Reagan with his slogan « Make America Great Again » while Reagan's 1980 campaign slogan was « Let's Make America Great Again ».

Ronald Reagan was a great American and a strong leader.

Ronald Reagan grew the US economy through free market policies such as tax cuts, reduction of government spending, free trade, business championing and curbing inflation, which created over 16 million new jobs during the 8 years of Reagan's presidency.

Ronald Reagan kept our country safe and contributed to America's victory in the Cold War against the USSR through a stronger defense budget, stronger US military, stronger and expanded partnerships with our allies and stronger diplomacy.

Donald, you are no Ronald Reagan!

-Bus trip to San Jose, CA
-Immigration policy speech in San Jose, CA
-Economic policy speech eBay headquarters in San Jose, CA
-Meet with college voters at the San Jose State University in San Jose, CA
-Rally at Avaya Stadium in San Jose, CA
-Innovation policy speech at Cisco Systems headquarters in San Jose, CA
-Economic policy speech at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA
-Speech at the Chinese Cultural Garden in San Jose, CA
-Fundraising event at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts in San Jose, CA
-Rally at SAP Center in San Jose, CA

May 28, 2016
-Senator Marco Rubio (born on May 28, 1971), his family and his supporters celebrate his 45th birthday in San Jose, CA. Britney Spears comes on stage to sing « Happy Birthday » at Rubio's birthday celebration.

(Own modification, original image attribution: [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/floridians-shrug-story-marco-rubios-wife-driving-record-n371611/Wilfredo Lee] via Associated Press)

May 29, 2016
-Bus trip to Cupertino, CA
-Economic policy speech at the Apple headquarters in Cupertino, CA
-Innovation policy speech at Seagate Technology headquarters in Cupertino, CA
-Bus trip to Palo Alto, CA
-Economic policy speech at Tesla headquarters in Palo Alto, CA
-Meet with college voters at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA
-Bus trip to San Francisco, CA
-Immigration and American Dream policy speech at the Mexican Museum in San Francisco, CA, in an effort to appeal among Hispanic voters
-Economic policy speech at the Hispanic Chambers of Commerce of San Francisco in San Francisco, CA
-Visit to the Chinatown of San Francisco, CA, in an effort to attract Asian American voters
-Free trade policy speech at the Port of San Francisco in San Francisco, CA
-Rally at Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA
-Foreign policy speech at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, CA
-Speech at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, CA
-Speech at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, CA
-Rally at AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA

May 30, 2016
-Rally at Alamo Square in San Francisco, CA
-Economic policy speech at the Cable Car Museum in San Francisco, CA
-Energy policy speech at 3Degrees in san Francisco, CA
-Meet with college voters at the university of San Francisco, CA
-Dinner with the voters at the San Francisco Ferry Building in San Francisco, CA
-Economic policy in San Francisco, CA, alongside Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman
-Rally in San Francisco, CA, alongside former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger who sent a warning message to Donald Trump inspired from one of his famous quotes in the Terminator saga :

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Hey Donald! Watch it, be careful. If you tell people « You're fired! » like in the Apprentice, here is the perfect reply as a punchline : « You are terminated! ». Look at the delegate count and do the math. You can't win. It's time for you to drop out of the race for party unity because we can't let Hillary Clinton win this election and give us a third disastrous Obama term that will hurt the economy and our national security. We need to stand with Marco Rubio to get this country back on track once and for all and that's how we will keep America great, because America's greatness is required for a New American Century.

-Bus trip to Rancho Cordova, CA
-Manufacturing policy speech at Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings headquarters in Rancho Cordova, CA
-Barnstorm in Rancho Cordova, California
-In an effort to win the California primary and to attract voters who selected the economy as the most important issue, Marco Rubio's presidential campaign broadcasts an attack ad against Donald Trump on his anti-free trade rhetoric as an important part of California's economy is based on international trade, listing the disastrous effects of a withdrawal from free trade deals like TPP and NAFTA and narrating Rubio's plan to promote free trade while keeping manufacturing jobs in the United States. The ad titled « Right Plan » airs in California.

« Right Plan » advertisement narration :

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Narrator : An important part of California's economy depends on trade and international related commerce accounts for about one-quarter of the state's economy.


(Own modification, original image attribution: [https://www.ft.com/content/3b33540e-200a-11e5-aa5a-398b2169cf79/Shannon Bond] via Financial Times)
And yet, Donald Trump opposes free trade and wants to withdraw America from free trade deals like TPP and NAFTA, which will hurt America's economy, including California's. If Trump is elected and withdraws us from TPP, California would lose 640 000 jobs (more than 4% of private sector employment), including 176 000 jobs in Los Angeles and 60 000 jobs in the Orange County by hurting exports of Silicon Valley computer and electronics products, as well as Central Valley farmers looking to grow their markets overseas.

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The last time we tried to restrict trade was under Herbert Hoover, with the the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 that raised tariffs and made the Great Depression longer and worse by rising the unemployment from 9 % to 25 % in three years. We can't afford to repeat the mistakes of the past.

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Source : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20160201tppestimatesinfographic_1.jpg Peter A. Petri and Michael G. Plummer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

That's why, as a principled conservative and champion of free enterprise, Marco Rubio will lead us in the right direction and champion free trade, ratify TPP as well as free trade deals with Latin America and Europe in order to reinforce America's competitiveness in the world economy. He will do so by lowering tariffs, increasing exports and imports, reducing the cost of trading, allowing American businesses to make direct investments into foreign economies to produce goods at a lower cost in these environments, by making America the best place in the world to do business through a reduction of our corporate tax rate from 40 % to 20 %, by reducing taxes for all businesses across this country, including manufacturing businesses, thus making it easier for American manufacturing companies to do business in America, keeping manufacturing jobs, reinforcing job creation in America as well as our competitiveness in the world market, getting us new consumers internationally and counter-balancing China's trade power.

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So California, on June 7, vote for Marco Rubio for the sake of a strong economy and strong prosperity through free market, free enterprise and competitiveness.

[Marco Rubio TV Ad: About | Marco Rubio For President on Youtube. Uploaded by Marco Rubio. Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSWwz7dXUP8]
Marco Rubio : I'm Marco Rubio and I approve this message.

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Marco Rubio's campaign schedule
Part 3

May 31, 2016
-Bus trip to Sacramento, CA
-Immigration policy speech in Sacramento, CA
-Agriculture policy speech at Blue Diamond Growers headquarters in Sacramento, CA
-Fundraising event at the Community Center Theatre in Sacramento, CA
-Economic policy speech at Teichert headquarters in Sacramento, CA
-Meet with college voters at California State University in Sacramento, CA
-Rally at Raley Field in Sacramento, CA
-Bus trip to Stockton, CA
-Meet with college voters at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA
-Rally at Stockton Arena in Stockton, CA
-Barnstorm in Stockton, CA
-Flight to Santa Fe, New Mexico


June 1, 2016
-Fundraising event at Santa Fe Opera in Santa Fe, NM
-Immigration policy speech in Santa Fe, NM
-Rally in Santa Fe, NM, alongside New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez
-Speech at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe, NM
-Economic policy speech at Intel Corporation facility in Rio Rancho, NM
-Rally at Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, NM
-Speech at the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce in Albuquerque, NM, in an effort to attract Hispanic voters by describing the economic benefits of free trade with Latin America, education reform and immigration reform on the Hispanic community
-Speech at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, NM, in an effort to attract Hispanic voters
-Rally at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque, NM
-Meet with college voters at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM
-Free trade policy speech in Albuquerque, NM

June 2, 2016
-Foreign policy speech at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, NM
-Economic policy speech at PNM Resources in Albuquerque, NM
-Energy policy speech at New Mexico Solar Energy Association in Albuquerque, NM
-Bus trip to Las Cruces, NM
-Meet with college voters at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM
-Rally at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, NM
-Agriculture policy speech at Hispanic Farmers & Ranchers in Las Cruces, NM
-Economic policy speech at Las Cruces Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Las Cruces, NM
-Flight to Pierre, South Dakota

June 3, 2016
-Barnstorm in Pierre, SD
-Bus trip to Rapid City, SD
-Rally at the Rapid City Public Library in Rapid City, SD
-Bus trip to Sioux Falls, SD
-Agriculture policy speech in Sioux Falls, SD
-Manufacturing policy speech at Raven Industries headquarters in Sioux Falls, SD
-Speech at Saint Joseph Cathedral in Sioux Falls, SD
-Meet with college voters at Augustana University alongside South Dakota Senator John Thune in Sioux Falls, SD
-Flight to Billings, Montana
-Meet with college voters at Montana State University Billings in Billings, MT
-Economic policy speech at Stillwater Mining Company headquarters in Billings, MT
-Fundraising event at Rimrock Auto Arena in Billings, MT
-Bus trip to Helena, MT
-Barnstorm in Helena, MT
-Bus trip to Great Falls, MT
-Foreign policy speech at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, MT
-National defense policy speech at 341st Missile Wing in Great Falls, MT
-Rally at Centene Stadium in Great Falls, MT
-Bus trip to Missoula, MT
-Meet with college voters at the University of Montana in Missoula, MT
-Flight to Los Angeles, CA

June 4, 2016
-Barnstorm in Los Angeles, CA
-Bus trip to Anaheim, CA
-Rally at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA
-Speech at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA
-Trade policy speech in Anaheim, CA
-Economic policy speech in Anaheim, CA
-Rally at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, CA

June 5, 2016
-Bus trip to Santa Ana, CA
-Rally at Santa Ana Stadium in Santa Ana, CA
-Speech at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, CA
-Bus trip to Irvine, CA
-Immigration policy speech in Irvine, CA
-Meet with college voters at the University of California in Irvine, CA
-Foreign policy speech in Irvine, CA
-Speech at the Irvine Spectrum Center in Irvine, CA
-Economic policy speech at Toshiba America Electronics headquarters in Irvine, CA
-Bus trip to Riverside, CA
-Foreign policy speech at March Field Air Museum in Riverside, CA
-Meet with college voters at the University of California in Riverside, CA
-Bus trip to San Bernardino, CA
-Counter-terrorism policy speech in San Bernardino, CA

June 6, 2016
-Meet with college voters at the California State University in San Bernardino, CA
-Bus trip to Bakersfield, CA
-Immigration policy speech in Bakersfield, CA
-Agriculture policy speech at Grimmway Farms headquarters in Bakersfield, CA
-Energy policy speech at Aera Energy headquarters in Bakersfield, CA
-Rally at the Bakersfield's Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, CA
-Speech at the Fox Theater in Bakersfield, CA
-Bus trip to Santa Clara, CA
-Economic policy speech at Oracle Corporation in Santa Clara, CA
-Innovation policy speech at Agilent Technologies headquarters in Santa Clara, CA
-Foreign policy speech in Santa Clara, CA
-Free trade policy speech in Santa Clara, CA
-Bus trip to Santa Cruz, CA
-Economic policy speech at Plantronics headquarters in Santa Cruz, CA
-Meet with college voters at the University of California in Santa Cruz, CA
-Barnstorm in Santa Cruz, CA
-Bus trip to Los Altos, CA
-Barnstorm in Los Altos, CA
-Bus trip to Campbell, CA

June 7, 2016
-Immigration policy speech in Campbell, CA
-Economic policy speech at Barracuda Networks headquarters in Campbell, CA
-Town hall meeting at the Heritage Theater in Campbell, CA
-Bus trip to Saratoga, CA
-Barnstorm in Saratoga, CA
-Bus trip to San Francisco, CA
-Economic policy speech at Riverbed Technology headquarters in San Francisco, CA
-Barnstorm in San Francisco, CA
-Flight to Los Angeles, CA
-Barnstorm in Los Angeles, CA
-Rally at Rose Bowl in Los Angeles, CA
-Watch the coverage of the Republican primaries in California, New Mexico, Montana, South Dakota and New Jersey at The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, CA

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The Washington Post

Political Geography: Tales from the campaign trail

California

↓↘
The North and the South
Fighting for survival, Donald Trump focused most of the last two weeks in California, where he needs to win in order to have a chance of winning the Republican nomination in a brokered convention. He hopes to do well in northern California, including the Sacramento area, all regions that tend to be more conservative than California's center and southern counties. Trump targeted southern California, especially the Los Angeles and San Bernardino areas, where he focused most of his campaign on illegal immigration and related the San Bernardino terrorist attack (committed on December 2015) to illegal immigration.

↑↗

The South and the Silicon Valley
California has become the battlefield that will determine the issue of the Republican primary race. In the last two weeks, Marco Rubio spent most of his time in California. He needs to win the California primary in order to clinch the Republican nomination. He focused most of his efforts in southern California, including the Orange County, Los Angeles and San Francisco areas where he hopes to do well among ethnic minority voters and moderate voters. He also targeted the Silicon Valley where he hopes to perform well among fiscal conservatives who described the economy as the most important issue. The Florida Senator could also benefit from the fact that an important part of California's economy is based on international trade due to Rubio's support to free trade.

New Mexico

↓↘
The Hispanic vote
Marco Rubio is likely to perform very well in the New Mexico Republican primary since 47 % of New Mexico's population is composed by Hispanics while Rubio is fluent in Spanish and Donald Trump insulted this group by calling illegal immigrants killers, rapists and drug dealers. In addition, Rubio could benefit from New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez's endorsement.

Donald Trump hopes that his message on illegal immigration and free trade will help him to win the New Mexico primary.

New Jersey

Donald Trump is largely leading in the polls released in New Jersey. He could benefit from New Jersey's proximity with New York City, his birthplace and where he built the Trump Tower. In addition, Trump is endorsed by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

Since Donald Trump is likely to win the New Jersey primary, Marco Rubio did not campaign there and focused most of his efforts on California, the state that is likely to decide whether he will secure the 1237 delegates needed to win the Republican presidential nomination.

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CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO, MONTANA, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEW JERSEY PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES, 2016
PART 1

CNN America's Choice theme : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uvpd4myQXs

Wolf Blitzer : « Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I'm Wolf Blitzer in the CNN Election Center. Welcome to the coverage of the primaries and caucuses in California, New Mexico, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and New Jersey. Tonight is a night that is will determine the issue of the fights for both the Republican nomination and the Democratic nomination. »
   
Wolf Blitzer : « It's 8 pm and we can project that Donald Trump is leading by 11 percentage points over Marco Rubio in New Jersey. He dominates in southern New Jersey. »

New Jersey Republican primary (25 % reported) - 51 delegates

Donald Trump : 51 %
Marco Rubio : 40 %

Wolf Blitzer : « For the Democrats, Hillary Clinton is largely leading in New Jersey. »

New Jersey Democratic primary (25 % reported) - 142 delegates

Hillary Clinton : 55 %
Bernie Sanders : 33 %

Wolf Blitzer : « It's 8 : 15 pm and we can project that Donald Trump wins most of New Jersey's northern counties, including the Essex County (home to Newark), the Hudson County (home to Jersey City) and the Passaic County (home to Paterson). »

New Jersey Republican primary (50 % reported) - 51 delegates

Donald Trump : 54 %
Marco Rubio : 41 %

Wolf Blitzer : « On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton sweeps all these counties. »

New Jersey Democratic primary (50 % reported) - 142 delegates

Hillary Clinton : 59 %
Bernie Sanders : 34 %

Wolf Blitzer : « It's 8 : 30 pm and we can see that Marco Rubio narrowly wins the Mercer County (home to Trenton) and the Hunterdon County. »
   

New Jersey Republican primary (75 % reported) - 51 delegates

Donald Trump : 55 %
Marco Rubio : 43 %

Wolf Blitzer : « Hillary Clinton increases her lead in New Jersey after winning the Mercer County. »

New Jersey Democratic primary (75 % reported) - 142 delegates

Hillary Clinton : 62 %
Bernie Sanders : 36 %

Wolf Blitzer : « It's 8 : 45 pm and we can project that Donald Trump wins the New Jersey Republican primary and all the 51 delegates. »

New Jersey Republican primary (100 % reported) - 51 delegates

Donald Trump : 56 % ✔ - 51 delegates
Marco Rubio : 44 % - 0 delegate

DONALD TRUMP WINS THE NEW JERSEY REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

Blitzer : « On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton easily wins the New Jersey Democratic primary. »

New Jersey Democratic primary (100 % reported) - 142 delegates

Hillary Clinton : 64 % ✔ - 92 delegates
Bernie Sanders : 36 % - 50 delegates

HILLARY CLINTON WINS THE NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

Wolf Blitzer : « Let's turn our attention to South Dakota. It's 10 pm and we can project that Marco Rubio has a large lead in South Dakota. He sweeps most of this state's eastern counties, including the Minnehaha County (home to Sioux Falls). »

South Dakota Republican primary (25 % reported) - 29 delegates

Marco Rubio : 50 %
Donald Trump : 37 %

Wolf Blitzer : « Hillary Clinton is dominating in eastern South Dakota »

South Dakota Democratic primary (25 % reported) - 25 delegates

Hillary Clinton : 47 %
Bernie Sanders : 43 %

Wolf Blitzer : « It's 10 : 15 pm. While Marco Rubio wins most of South Dakota's center counties, including the Stanley County (home to Pierre), Donald Trump wins the Brown County (home to Aberdeen). »

South Dakota Republican primary (50 % reported) - 29 delegates

Marco Rubio : 53 %
Donald Trump : 39 %

Wolf Blitzer : « Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are fighting for supremacy in center South Dakota. »

South Dakota Democratic primary (50 % reported) - 25 delegates

Hillary Clinton : 49 %
Bernie Sanders : 45 %

Wolf Blitzer : «10 : 30 pm. On the Republican side, Marco Rubio is winning most of South Dakota's western counties while, on the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders is imposing his dominance there. »

South Dakota Republican primary (75 % reported) - 29 delegates

Marco Rubio : 55 %
Donald Trump : 41 %

South Dakota Democratic primary (75 % reported) - 25 delegates

Hillary Clinton : 51 %
Bernie Sanders : 48 %

Wolf Blitzer : « It's 10 : 45 pm and we can project that Marco Rubio wins the South Dakota primary and all the 29 delegates. »

South Dakota Republican primary (100 % reported) - 29 delegates

Marco Rubio : 57 % ✔ - 29 delegates
Donald Trump : 43 % - 0 delegate
MARCO RUBIO WINS THE SOUTH DAKOTA REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES

Wolf Blitzer : « The winner of the South Dakota Democratic primary is Hillary Clinton. »

South Dakota Democratic primary (100 % reported) - 25 delegates

Hillary Clinton : 51 % ✔ - 13 delegates
Bernie Sanders : 49 % - 10 delegates

HILLARY CLINTON WINS THE SOUTH DAKOTA DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

Wolf Blitzer : « We can already project that Bernie Sanders wins the North Dakota Democratic caucuses. »

North Dakota Democratic caucuses (100 % reported) - 23 delegates

Bernie Sanders : 66 % ✔ - 15 delegates
Hillary Clinton : 34 % - 8 delegates

BERNIE SANDERS WINS THE NORTH DAKOTA DEMOCRATIC CAUCUSES

Wolf Blitzer : « If we look at New Mexico, Marco Rubio has a large lead over Donald Trump. He wins most of New Mexico's southern counties. »

New Mexico Republican primary (25 % reported) - 24 delegates

Marco Rubio : 61 %
Donald Trump : 34 %

Wolf Blitzer : « Hillary Clinton is the clear leader in the New Mexico Democratic primary. »

New Mexico Democratic primary (25 % reported) - 43 delegates

Hillary Clinton : 52 %
Bernie Sanders : 35 %

Wolf Blitzer : « It's 11 pm. Marco Rubio sweeps all of New Mexico's center counties, including the Santa Fe County (home to Santa Fe) and the Bernalillo County (home to Albuquerque ».

New Mexico Republican primary (50 % reported) - 24 delegates

Marco Rubio : 66 %
Donald Trump : 31 %

Wolf Blitzer : « Hillary Clinton has accomplished the same success. »

New Mexico Democratic primary (50 % reported) - 43 delegates

Hillary Clinton : 57 %
Bernie Sanders : 36 %

11 : 15 pm

New Mexico Republican primary (75 % reported) - 24 delegates

Marco Rubio : 69 %
Donald Trump : 31 %

New Mexico Democratic primary (75 % reported) - 43 delegates

Hillary Clinton : 60%
Bernie Sanders : 37 %

Wolf Blitzer : « It's 11 : 30 pm and we can project that Marco Rubio wins the New Mexico Republican primary. »

New Mexico Republican primary (100 % reported) - 24 delegates

Marco Rubio : 70 % ✔ - 19 delegates
Donald Trump : 30 % - 5 delegates
MARCO RUBIO WINS THE NEW MEXICO REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES

Wolf Blitzer : « On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton wins New Mexico. »

New Mexico Democratic primary (100 % reported) - 43 delegates

Hillary Clinton : 62 % ✔ - 27 delegates
Bernie Sanders : 38 % - 16 delegates

HILLARY CLINTON WINS THE NEW MEXICO DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

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CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO, MONTANA, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEW JERSEY PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES, 2016
PART 2

Wolf Blitzer : « Time to look at Montana. Marco Rubio and Donald Trump are sharing dominance in eastern Montana, though Rubio wins the Yellowstone County (home to Billings) and the Hell Creek region. »
   

Montana Republican primary (25 % reported) - 27 delegates

Marco Rubio : 53 %
Donald Trump : 40 %

Wolf Blitzer : « Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are sharing dominance in eastern Montana. »

Montana Democratic primary (25 % reported) - 27 delegates

Hillary Clinton : 46 %
Bernie Sanders : 44 %

Wolf Blitzer : « It's 11 : 45 pm and we can project that Senator Rubio wins most of Montana's center counties, including the Cascade County (home to Great Falls). »
   

Montana Republican primary (50 % reported) - 27 delegates

   
Marco Rubio : 55 %
Donald Trump : 41 %

Wolf Blitzer : « Hillary Clinton is at the top in most of this region, including the Cascade County. »

Montana Democratic primary (50 % reported) - 27 delegates

Hillary Clinton : 47 %
Bernie Sanders : 45 %

Wolf Blitzer : « It's midnight and we Marco Rubio is dominating in western Montana, including the Lewis & Clark County (home to Helena) and the Missoula County (home to Missoula). »
   

Montana Republican primary (75 % reported) - 27 delegates

Marco Rubio : 57 %
Donald Trump : 42 %

Wolf Blitzer : « Bernie Sanders sweeps most of Montana's western counties. »

Montana Democratic primary (75 % reported) - 27 delegates

Bernie Sanders : 49 %
Hillary Clinton : 46 %

Wolf Blitzer : « It's 12 : 15 am and we can project that Marco Rubio wins the Montana Republican primary and all the 27 delegates. »

Montana Republican primary (100 % reported) - 27 delegates

Marco Rubio : 58 % ✔ - 27 delegates
Donald Trump : 42 % - 0 delegate

MARCO RUBIO WINS THE MONTANA REPUBLICAN PRIMARY


Wolf Blitzer : « For the Democrats, Bernie Sanders wins the Montana primary. »

Montana Democratic primary (100 % reported) - 27 delegates

Bernie Sanders : 53 % ✔ - 14 delegates
Hillary Clinton : 47 %  - 13 delegates

BERNIE SANDERS WINS THE MONTANA DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

Wolf Blitzer : « Finally the California primary, the crucial contest that is likely to determine the issue of both presidential primary races. We can project that Marco Rubio is dominating in southern California, including in the Los Angeles County (home to Los Angeles), the San Diego County (home to San Diego), the Orange County (home to Anaheim), the Ventura County (the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library's location) and the Santa Barbara County (home to Santa Barbara). This large lead by Marco Rubio must be due to his strong showing among ethnic minority voters, especially Hispanics and Asian Americans. »

California Republican primary (25 % reported) - 172 delegates

Marco Rubio : 55 %
Donald Trump : 37 %

Wolf Blitzer : « On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton has a commanding lead in most of southern California. »

California Democratic primary (25 % reported) - 551 delegates

Hillary Clinton : 48 %
Bernie Sanders : 41 %

Wolf Blitzer : « It's 12 : 30 am and we can project that Marco Rubio sweeps most of California's center counties, including all the Silicon Valley as well as the San Francisco County (home to San Francisco), the Santa Clara County (home to San Jose) and the Sacramento County (home to Sacramento). Donald Trump wins the Madera and Butte counties. »
   

California Republican primary (50 % reported) - 172 delegates

Marco Rubio : 58 %
Donald Trump : 38 %

Wolf Blitzer : « Hillary Clinton imposes her supremacy in California's center counties and wins most of the Silicon Valley. »

California Democratic primary (50 % reported) - 551 delegates

Hillary Clinton : 51 %
Bernie Sanders : 43 %

Wolf Blitzer : « It's 12 : 45 am and we can project that Marco Rubio wins most of California's northern counties while Donald Trump wins the Placer and Modoc counties. »
   

California Republican primary (75 % reported) - 172 delegates

Marco Rubio : 60 %
Donald Trump : 40 %

Wolf Blitzer : « Bernie Sanders wins most of northern California. »
   

California Democratic primary (75 % reported) - 551 delegates

Hillary Clinton : 53 %
Bernie Sanders : 46 %

Wolf Blitzer : « It's 1 am and we can project that Senator Marco Rubio wins the California Republican primary and clinches the Republican presidential nomination. »
   

California Republican primary (100 % reported) - 172 delegates

Marco Rubio : 61 % ✔ - 160 delegates
Donald Trump : 39 % - 12 delegates

MARCO RUBIO WINS THE CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

MARCO RUBIO CLINCHES THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Wolf Blitzer : « So that's right, Florida Senator Marco Rubio just clinched the Republican presidential nomination. He now has 1402 delegates, which is 165 more delegates than the 1237 needed to win the nomination, thus making Marco Rubio the Republican presidential nominee. This is a historic day because Senator Rubio just became the first Hispanic to become the nominee of one of the two major parties. »

John King : « So now, after a hard and long primary campaign, he can focus on the general election campaign and investing all his attacks against Hillary Clinton. »

Anderson Cooper : « And according to some polls, he could beat George W. Bush's 2004 record in attracting Hispanic voters. Recently, Senator Rubio is winning among Hispanics with around 45 % of the Hispanics' voting intentions. I think it will be interesting to see a Hispanic facing a woman, especially if Hillary Clinton wins the California Democratic primary and the Democratic nomination. »

John King : « Wolf, we have other breaking news to announce : Donald Trump dropped out of the race. »

DONALD TRUMP DROPS OUT OF THE RACE
Wolf Blitzer : « Oh yeah. It was expected that Trump drops out of the race since he lost the California primary and Marco Rubio secured the Republican nomination. I think he told himself that time has come for party unity in order to ensure a Republican victory on November. »

Anderson Cooper : « And maybe he told himself that it's another way to make America great again. »

John King : « And he can console himself since he arrived second in the Republican primary race so he can be considered as the next guy in line in four years if Rubio doesn't win the General Election in November. You know, in most of the Republican Party's recent history, the candidate who finished second in the previous primary race went on to win the nomination in the next primary cycle : it happened to Ronald Reagan who finished second behind Gerald Ford in 1976 but won the nomination in 1980. It happened the same for George H. W. Bush who lost the nomination to Reagan by finishing second in 1980 but won the nomination in 1988. The same for Bob Dole who finished second in 1988 and won the nomination 8 years later. John McCain finished as the runner-up during the 2000 primaries behind George W. Bush and became the Republican nominee in 2008. And finally Mitt Romney arrived second behind John McCain in 2008 but won the nomination in 2012. So if the Democrats win this fall, it could be Donald Trump's turn to have the next-in-line advantage in 2020. But for 2024, if Rubio wins this year and wins re-election in 2020, Trump would be too old to run in 2024 at 78 years old. »

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CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO, MONTANA, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEW JERSEY PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES, 2016
PART 3

Wolf Blitzer : « Ok, we have another historic projection to make : Hillary Clinton wins the California Democratic primary, thus clinching the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. »

California Democratic primary (100 % reported) - 551 delegates

Hillary Clinton : 54 % ✔ - 318 delegates
Bernie Sanders : 46 % - 233 delegates

HILLARY CLINTON WINS THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

HILLARY CLINTON CLINCHES THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Wolf Blitzer : « So like I just said, Hillary Clinton just clinched the Democratic nomination for President of the United States, an accomplishment she failed to do during her first presidential campaign 8 years ago when Barack Obama became the Democratic nominee. Now, Hillary Clinton has 2580 delegates 198 more delegates than the 2382 delegates needed to secure the nomination, which makes Hillary Clinton the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. She just became the first woman to be nominated by one of the 2 majors parties. Eight years after the first African-American, time has come for the first woman. So that's official, the 2016 presidential race will be between Marco Rubio, the Republican nominee, and Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee. »
   

VS

John King : « So this election will be historic since we will witness the election of either the first woman or the first Hispanic as President of the United States. »

Wolf Blitzer : « Thank you, ladies and gentlemen for watching. We'll see you next week for the coverage of the Democratic primary in Washington D.C. Have a good night. »

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Republican Presidential Primaries - Map and Delegates Count

Marco Rubio : 1402 delegates, 32 states + D.C., PR, GU, AS, NMI and USVI, 49.24 % of the vote ✔
Donald Trump : 695 delegates, 13 states, 30.88 % of the vote
Ted Cruz : 360 delegates, 5 states, 17.24 % of the vote
Ben Carson : 7 delegates, 0 state, 1.64 % of the vote
Jeb Bush : 4 delegates, 0 state, 0.43 % of the vote
John Kasich : 1 delegate, 0 state, 0.2 % of the vote
Carly Fiorina : 1 delegate, 0 state, 0.1 % of the vote
Rand Paul : 1 delegate, 0 state, 0.07 % of the vote
Mike Huckabee : 1 delegate, 0 state, 0.03 % of the vote
Chris Christie : 0 delegate, 0 state, 0.13 % of the vote
Jim Gilmore : 0 delegate, 0 state, 0.03 % of the vote
Rick Santorum : 0 delegate, 0 state, 0.01 % of the vote

2472 delegates in total
1237 delegates needed to win the nomination

Democratic Presidential Primaries - Map and Delegates Count

Hillary Clinton : 2580 delegates, 28 states, 54 % of the vote ✔
Bernie Sanders : 1998 delegates, 22 states, 43.5 % of the vote
Martin O'Malley : 0 delegate, 0 state, 0.01 % of the vote
      
4763 delegates in total
2382 delegates needed to win the nomination

[Jaguar4life]

Rand Paul for VP!!

[R/H]

Rand Paul for VP!!

I think it might depend on which potential running mate would be the best to attract Trump supporters while not being too controversial or too racist like Trump.

[Jaguar4life]

He's conservative enough

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CNN
California Republican primary exit polls

Gender

                      Men (52 %)               Women (48 %)

Rubio                60 %                            63 %
Trump               40 %                            37 %

Age

                     18-29 (15 %)              30-44 (20 %)         45-64 (30 %)         65 and older (35 %)

Rubio                69 %                        65 %                  63 %                      59 %
Trump              31 %                          35 %                        37 %                      41 %

Race

                   White (65 %)              Hispanic (17 %)       Asian (9 %)     Other non-white (9 %)                             
Rubio               62 %                       77 %                     85 %                  n/a             
Trump              38 %                                23 %                       15 %                 n/a
               
Ideology

       Very conservative (27 %)       Somewhat conservative (35 %)         Moderate (38 %)         
Rubio            55 %                                    65 %                                             67 %                     
Trump              45 %                                           35 %                                                  33 %

Most important issue

             Immigration (25 %)         Economy/Jobs (38 %)         Terrorism (20 %)        Govt. spending (17 %)

Rubio                 37 %                             68 %                        67 %                      70 %
Trump                63 %                            32 %                         33 %                       30 %

Top candidate quality

                   Electability (17 %)          Shares my values (40 %)    Tells it like it is (21 %)  Can bring change (22 %)

Rubio               75 %                           79 %                                  24 %                           41 % 
Trump              25 %                            21 %                                         76 %                         59 %

CNN
New Jersey Republican primary exit polls

Gender

                      Men (54 %)               Women (46 %)

Rubio                41 %                            45 %
Trump               59 %                            55 %

Age

                     18-29 (8 %)              30-44 (22 %)         45-64 (37 %)         65 and older (33 %)

Rubio                46 %                             44 %             43 %                      42 %
Trump              54 %                          56 %                        57 %                      58 %

Race

                   White (89 %)              Non-white (11 %)                                       
Rubio                42 %                           n/a                                             
Trump              58 %                               n/a
               
Ideology

       Very conservative (19 %)       Somewhat conservative (35 %)         Moderate (46 %)         
Rubio            53 %                           41 %                                             40 %                     
Trump              47 %                            59 %                                                  60 %

Most important issue

             Immigration (20 %)         Economy/Jobs (39 %)         Terrorism (26 %)        Govt. spending (15 %)

Rubio                 20 %                             56 %                        43 %                  60 %
Trump                80 %                            44 %                        57 %                       40 %

Top candidate quality

                   Electability (8 %)          Shares my values (37 %)    Tells it like it is (23 %)  Can bring change (32 %)

Rubio                57 %                           64 %                             19 %                           25 % 
Trump              43 %                            36%                                     81 %                         75 %

CNN
New Mexico Republican primary exit polls

Gender

                      Men (53 %)               Women (47 %)

Rubio                69 %                          68 %
Trump               31 %                            32 %

Age

                     18-29 (10 %)              30-44 (18 %)         45-64 (37 %)         65 and older (35 %)

Rubio                71 %                             73 %              66 %                      64 %
Trump              29 %                          27 %                        34 %                      36 %

Race

                   White (55 %)              Hispanic (38 %)         Other non-white (7 %)                             
Rubio               63 %                       78 %                                 n/a             
Trump              37 %                                22 %                             n/a
               
Ideology

       Very conservative (9 %)       Somewhat conservative (34 %)         Moderate (57 %)         
Rubio             64 %                          74 %                                             72 %                     
Trump              36 %                            26 %                                                  28 %

Most important issue

             Immigration (20 %)         Economy/Jobs (43 %)         Terrorism (23 %)        Govt. spending (14 %)

Rubio                 44 %                             72 %                        75 %                      71 %
Trump                56 %                            28 %                         25 %                       29 %

Top candidate quality

                   Electability (11 %)          Shares my values (15 %)    Tells it like it is (23 %)  Can bring change (51 %)

Rubio               67 %                           74 %                             39 %                           57 % 
Trump              33 %                            26 %                                     61 %                         43 %

[UWS]

Donald Trump drops out of the race and endorses Marco Rubio

Thank you, my friends! Thank you so very much!

I am proud of the campaign we fought for America's future. I want to thank all the voters who supported me in this long hard fought primary race.

Tonight, our party's supporters have spoken. The American people has spoken. Democracy has spoken.

A few moments ago, I called Senator Rubio to congratulate him on his victories tonight and on securing the 1237 delegates needed to become the Republican nominee for President of the United States.

My friends, in order to keep our party united and to ensure our party's victory as well as America's victory on November for a brighter, prosperous, safe and fair future for our country, it's with optimism for our country's future that I'm suspending my campaign. And I endorse our nominee Senator Marco Rubio, the next President of the United States of America.

[APPLAUSE]

I endorse Marco Rubio because we can't let Crooked Hillary win this election and allow a third Obama term that will destroy our economy, ensure radical Islamic terrosim's expansion and bring corruption in the government, especially through tens of thousands of deleted emails that showed her lack of responsibility for America's safety.

[APPLAUSE]

I endorse Marco Rubio because we have a chance of party unity. Now, our party is united. You know what? Even though Crooked Hillary has secured the Democratic nomination tonight, Crazy Bernie is not dropping out yet. I encourage Crazy Bernie to stay in the race as long as he wants in order to keep the Democratic Party divided. It shows that Crooked Hillary can not be trusted to lead this country and is representing the status quo. Only together, we can win this election and get our country back on track once and for all.

[APPLAUSE]

And here is the main reason why I endorse Marco Rubio to be commander-in-chief : he will be a great and strong leader who will keep America safe through increased defense spending and modernized American military that will help us defeating ISIS and international terrorism and defending freedom and democracy. Under President Rubio's leadership, our country and our allies will never surrender, believe me. He will bring prosperity back to America by reducing the size of government, making sure that we'll take advantage of all energies (including oil, gas, coal, nuclear, etc.), by championing businesses of all sizes, balancing our budget and cutting taxes for our manufacturing industry, which will help us to get manufacturing jobs back in America in addition of creating more of such jobs while making America competitive in the world economy. Unlike Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio will fight corruption and he will defend our constitution and our freedom by protecting freedom of speech and the right for self defense.

[APPLAUSE]

Marco Rubio will make America great again, believe me. Like Senator Rubio said, America's greatness is one of the main factors for a New American Century. I endorse Senator Marco Rubio to be the next President of the United States. Let's join with Marco Rubio in this campaign for America's future. We will fight alongside Senator Rubio for liberty, we will work hard and do everything we can to help Marco Rubio to win this election, to defeat Hillary Clinton, to grow our party's majority in the Congress and to give America the brightest future it has ever known. The best is yet to come.

Thank you. God bless you folks. God bless the United States of America.

[APPLAUSE]

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Rand Paul for VP!!

I think it might depend on which potential running mate would be the best to attract Trump supporters while not being too controversial or too racist like Trump.

I'd recommend Jeff Sessions.

[UWS]

Marco Rubio's victory speech in Los Angeles, California, as the presumptive  Republican presidential nominee

Thank you my friends. Thank you California, New Mexico, Montana, South Dakota and New Jersey. I am thankful of the support you gave to our campaign during this long and intense primary race. Tonight, thanks to your support, we have won enough delegates to give me the great honor to proudly announce you that I will be the Republican nominee for President of the United States of America.

[APPLAUSE]

A few moments ago, I received a call from Donald Trump who congratulated me on our victories tonight and gave me his endorsement. Now, we are a united party.


[APPLAUSE]

I also want to thank all my former rivals for the nomination for their contribution for America's cause by participating in this race and bringing up great ideas that will boost our party as well as the whole country and you know why because we are a party of ideas. Now I'm thanking them for their support to our campaign because right now time has come for us to work together in order to convince the American people that we represent the solution to Barack Obama's record of disapointement, economic sluggish, growing terrorist threat and national division. We will bring real change in this country.

[APPLAUSE]

Hace sesenta años, mis padres vine a América en busca de mejores condiciones de vida y mejores oportunidades económicas. Ellos no hablaba ni una palabra de inglés, y no tenían acceso a la educación y viven de cheque en cheque. Pero, gracias al empeño del un barman y una ama de llaves, ellos crear mejores vidas para sus hijos. Es una historia fabulosa del Sueño Americano que representa un ejemplo de nuestro deber para nuestro país : reforzar nuestra prosperidad económica y garantizar que nuestro niños dos estarán la más próspera generación de estadounidenses.

My father, a hard-working bartender, used to tell me all the time : En este pais, ustedes van a poder lograr todas las cosas que nosotros no pudimos. “In this country, you will achieve all the things we never could.”

I take the responsibilities I incur as the nominee of our party, I give you my word and I will keep it. We are tired of broken promises and depression. This election, like any other, must be about the future.

[APPLAUSE]

Barack Obama's big government policies that include high taxes and regulations weakened our people's purchasing power as well as our companies' ability to produce and hire, cost millions of jobs, offshored some of our jobs and companies overseas, made us more dependent on foreign oil, reduced our economic competitiveness through protectionism and raised our deficit at almost 20 trillion $.

The next President must take the responsibility of restoring the American Dream and our economic prosperity by lowering taxes for all the American people to reinforce their purchasing power as well as consumption, a great element of economic growth, by leading us to energy independence through taking advantage of our oil, gas, coal, nuclear, wind, solar and renewable energies, by promoting free trade to reduce tariffs and the cost of trading and to make us competitive in the global economy, by reforming our education system through school choice and giving Americans the necessary skills for the jobs of today and tomorrow, by balancing the budget and reducing the deficit through job creation and increased wages, by championing businesses to encourage innovation, production, progress and job creation and by developing our infrastructures through a part of future budget surpluses in order to encourage the implementation of new businesses here in the United States, a country that will reclaim his status as the best place in the world to open a new business and to prosper. Unlike Hillary Clinton, I will take this responsibility. And I will campaign to repeal Obamacare and replace it by a better health care reform that will make health care more accessible to more Americans through reforms that will lower costs in the health care industry, which will reinforce the world's best medical care quality. As a member of the US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, I know what it takes to create jobs, to grow this economy and bring prosperity back to America.

[APPLAUSE]

Barack Obama's weak foreign policy made the world more dangerous than ever before. Terrorism has expanded in the Middle East and North Africa and jihadists multiplied their cowardly terrorist attacks against our allies and against us, including in Garland and San Bernardino. Iran is closer than ever before from getting nuclear weapons, North Korea seeks to trigger an arms race and a nuclear war on the Pacific, China is violating South China Sea's territorial integrity just as Russia is doing for Eastern Europe in addition of supporting tyrannical regimes like Bachar al-Assad's that is undermining peace, stability and freedom in the Middle East.

The next President must take the responsibility of keeping our country as well as the whole world safe, which means restructuring our security measures, our intelligence, our diplomacy and our military, standing with our allies by reinforcing and expanding our alliances. I will do it by reinforcing our alliances, using all the necessary military force to fight and defeat international terrorism and securing strategic zones in the world in order to prevent wars from triggering, to ensure stability as well as peace through strength and to defend territorial integrity. Unlike Hillary Clinton, I will take this responsibility with courage, conviction, patriotism and determination.

[APPLAUSE]

My fellow Americans, November 8 2016 will mark a new beginning for our country. November 8 2016 will mark the beginning of a New American Century that will bring great and decisive change for our country and a future that will lead us to permanent economic prosperity, stronger national and international security and stronger national unity here on the land of opportunity and we need this future right here right now and we will campaign over the next few months all across this beautiful and formidable country to make sure that you will earn this bright future.

Gracias. God bless you all. God bless the United States of America.

[APPLAUSE]

[UWS]

New polls

After winning their party's nominations, Marco Rubio and Hillary Clinton enjoyed progress in the national polls for the general election. However, Rubio leads Clinton in the national polls and on the statewide opinion polls in most of the battleground states. But it's only the beginning of the campaign for the general election and in politics, 5 months can be an eternity so everything can happen.

General election polls

Hillary Clinton vs Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio : 50 %
Hillary Clinton : 45 %
Undecided : 5 %

Statewide opinion polls

Ohio

Marco Rubio : 43 %
Hillary Clinton : 40 %
Undecided : 17 %

Florida

Marco Rubio : 49 %
Hillary Clinton : 41 %
Undecided : 10 %

North Carolina

Marco Rubio : 46 %
Hillary Clinton : 43 %
Undecided : 11 %

Virginia

Hillary Clinton : 44 %
Marco Rubio : 42 %
Undecided : 14 %

Pennsylvania

Hillary Clinton : 44 %
Marco Rubio : 41 %
Undecided : 15 %

New Hampshire

Hillary Clinton : 46 %
Marco Rubio : 42 %
Undecided : 12 %

Michigan

Marco Rubio : 46 %
Hillary Clinton : 45 %
Undecided : 9 %

Wisconsin

Marco Rubio : 45 %
Hillary Clinton : 42 %
Undecided : 13 %

Minnesota

Hillary Clinton : 48 %
Marco Rubio : 43 %
Undecided : 9 %

Iowa

Marco Rubio : 47 %
Hillary Clinton : 41 %
Undecided : 12 %

Colorado

Marco Rubio : 44 %
Hillary Clinton : 40 %
Undecided : 16 %

Nevada

Marco Rubio : 47 %
Hillary Clinton : 42 %
Undecided : 11 %

New Mexico

Hillary Clinton : 46 %
Marco Rubio : 40 %
Undecided : 14 %

Electoral College map