North Carolina Primary 2016 turnout about equal for both parties, just like in 2012

Republicans turned out 1.1 million in 2016 while Democrats turned out 1.08 million, rising just 13% and 11% over 2012 respectively.

In 2012 each party turned out 0.97 million in North Carolina (Obama of course was the Democrat incumbent president that year; Romney swept with almost 66% of the vote).

In 2008 Republicans turned out only 0.5 million (McCain swept with 74%) while 1.6 million Democrats duked out their contest between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Clinton lost to Obama by 230,000 votes in 2008, but in 2016 she has beaten Bernie Sanders by 156,000.

Trump's victory over Cruz in 2016 is by less than 40,000 votes.

Florida Republican Primary 2016 turnout up big as homeboys Trump and Rubio duke it out

Democrat turnout fell slightly from 1.75 million in 2008 to 1.66 million in 2016, about 5%.

Florida's closed Republican primary saw 2016 turnout rise to 2.27 million from 1.95 million in 2008 and 1.7 million in 2012, up 16% and 34% respectively.

Illinois Primary 2016 turnout up 53% among Republicans, unchanged among Democrats

Democrat turnout in the primary in 2016 was about the same as in 2008: 1.97 million v 2 million.

Republican turnout was considerably higher in 2016 over prior years. In both 2008 and 2012 Republicans turned out 0.9 million voters, but this year it's up to 1.38 million, 53% higher.

The reason?

Well it ain't Ted Cruz.

In Ohio it looks like independents came out big for John Kasich yesterday

Democrat primary turnout in 2008 in Ohio was 2.2 million (in 2012 0.5 million for the incumbent Obama), but in the 2016 contest last night it struggled to round off at 1.2 million.

On the Republican side, turnout yesterday in Ohio was 2 million in contrast to 2008 and 2012 when turnout was 1.1 million and 1.2 million respectively.

Since Republicans and independents only could vote in the Republican primary in Ohio, not Democrats, it looks like independent support for the Ohio governor carried the day for John Kasich yesterday.

Trump declared the winner in Illinois

Trump and Clinton win North Carolina

Drudge can't spell Missouri

Kasich and Clinton declared winners in Ohio

Little Marco finally drops out of the race for president

The Hill reports here:

Marco Rubio dropped out of the Republican presidential race on Tuesday night after losing badly to Donald Trump in his home state of Florida.

Trump and Clinton declared victors in Florida

Sorry Mark Levin, Ted Cruz is not a constitutionalist . . .

. . . he's a Canadian.

Polling in the Iowa Democrat Presidential Caucus 2016 got it wrong by 95%

Polling in the Massachusetts Democrat Presidential Primary 2016 got it wrong by 79%

Polling in the Oklahoma Democrat Presidential Primary 2016 was off by an astounding 620%

Polling in the South Carolina Democrat Presidential Primary got it wrong by 73%

Polling in the New Hampshire Democrat Primary got it wrong by 68%

Polling in the Michigan Democrat Presidential Primary only got it wrong by 107%

Arizona caller to Laura Ingraham devastates Rush Limbaugh, says he's part of the establishment that doesn't listen

Well, he is deaf.

Hillary: In Libya "we didn't lose a single person"

Except for those four guys in Benghazi, who still don't count to her.

Here:

"Now, is Libya perfect? It isn't." Clinton said. After contrasting her approach toward Libya with the ongoing bloodshed in Syria's civil war, Clinton said "Libya was a different kind of calculation and we didn't lose a single person ... We didn’t have a problem in supporting our European and Arab allies in working with NATO."

Ted Cruz piling on Donald Trump as divisive like Obama reminds me of . . .

. . . the mushy headed liberal George W. Bush smearing Pat Buchanan as a 1920s nativist.