Voters in Van Buren Township, Sumpter Township, and Belleville like Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton – and they said so with their votes in Tuesday’s Presidential Primary election.
In Van Buren Township Republican voting, Trump got 1,198 votes (43.53%); Cruz, 606 (22.02%); Kasich, 545 (19.8%); Rubio, 250 (9%); uncommitted, 54; Carson, 46; Bush, 17; Paul, 10; Christie, Huckabee, and Santorum, 5 each; Fiorina, 4; Graham and Pataki, 3 each; and 1 write-in.
Democratic voters in Van Buren Township cast 2,689 ballots for Clinton (54.38%); 2,158 for Sanders (43.64%), 79 for uncommitted, 13 for O’Malley, 5 for De La Fuente; and 1 write-in.
There are 21,374 registered voters in VBT and 7,709 cast ballots for Tuesday’s election making a 36.07% turnout.
In Sumpter Township, in Republican voting, Donald Trump got 581 votes (52.11%); Ted Cruz, 239 (21.43%); John Kasich, 197 (17.67%); Marco Rubio, 57 (5.11%); uncommitted, 14; Ben Carson, 12; Jeb Bush, 7; Carly Fiorina, 2; and Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckabee, George Pataki, Rand Paul, Rick Santorum, and write-in, 1 each.
In the Sumpter Democratic votes, Bernie Sanders got 574 (49.87%); Hillary Clinton, 545 (47.35%); uncommitted, 26; Roque Rocky De La Fuente, 4; and Martin J. O’Malley, 2.
In Sumpter, 2,277 people cast ballots.
In the city of Belleville, in the Republican votes, Donald Trump got 194; Ted Cruz, 81; John Kasich, 80; Marco Rubio, 41; uncommitted, 9; Ben Carson, 5; Rand Paul and Jeb Bush, 3 each; and Mike Huckabee, 2.
In Belleville the Democratic votes were Hillary Clinton 277; Bernie Sanders 276; uncommitted, 13; and Martin J. O’Malley, 1.
Belleville has 3,216 registered voters and 991 cast ballots, making a 30.8% turnout.