Hillary Clinton won big on the latest Super Tuesday primary elections on March 15, scoring huge results in Florida, Ohio and North Carolina.

Winning Florida & The Latino Vote

With more than 1.7 million votes cast, the Florida Division of Elections showed Clinton won the Sunshine State with 64.45 percent, or 1,096,797 votes. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., received 33.27 percent, or 566,104 percent. Although no longer running for president and had suspended his campaign in early February, former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley received 2.28 percent, or approximately 38, 800 votes.

"We are moving closer to securing the Democratic Party nomination and winning this election in November," Clinton said told supporters from West Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday night.

Clinton used her victory speech to attack Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, criticizing him for his plans to deport all 12 million undocumented immigrants currently in the U.S., temporarily pausing Muslims from entering the country and embracing torture tactics.

"We should be breaking down barriers, not building walls. We're not going to succeed by dividing this country between us and them," added Clinton.

Based on exit poll data, Latinos overwhelmingly favored Clinton. Of 1,659 respondents, 20 percent were Latino. Within the 20 percent, 72 percent voted for Clinton and 28 percent favored Sanders. More Latinas voted than their male counterparts, but regardless, both favor overwhelmingly favored Clinton.

According to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, more than two million Latinos are registered to vote in Florida and nearly 1.7 million are projected to vote this November.

RealClearPolitics projects Clinton will win 124 of Florida's delegates, while Sanders will gain 60 delegates, although the aforementioned are subject to change.

Ohio Results

Ohio comfortably went for Clinton, 56.51 percent to 42.72 percent. Of the 143 pledged delegates, not taking account of superdelegates, Clinton is projected to win at least 76 delegates, but Sanders will leave Ohio with a healthy 59 delegates.

North Carolina Results

Clinton also scored another win in North Carolina. She received 616,568 votes, or 54.59 percent, to Sanders' 460,343 votes, or 40.76 percent. Of the 107 pledged delegates, Clinton's projected to win at least 59 delegates from North Carolina, but Sanders isn't too far behind wit 44 delegates.

Illinois

Illinois showed a much narrow finish, but it was another victory for Clinton. The former secretary of state won with 50.5 percent to 48.7 percent for Sanders. With 98 percent of the precincts reporting, of the 156 pledged delegates at stake, Clinton will win at least 54 delegates and 35 delegates for Sanders, although the numbers will change once all votes are counted.

Missouri

It's too close to call in Missouri. With 71 delegates at stake and 99 percent of the precincts report, Clinton and Sanders appear to be tied at 34 delegates. Clinton has a narrow voting lead with 49.6 percent to 49.4 percent for Sanders. One county, namely Lewis County, even had a tie with 239 votes, each.

Overall Delegate Count

Based on CNN estimates, Clinton leads the pledged delegate count with 1,096, but her count increases with superdelegates to 1,538. Sanders' pledged delegate count is 774, and he has 23 superdelegates. A Democratic presidential candidate must secure 2,382 delegates to clinch the party's nomination.

Despite the losses, Sanders remains optimistic of his chances. In a statement on Tuesday, he congratulated Clinton and the millions of voters and pledged delegates who will support him at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

"With more than half the delegates yet to be chosen and a calendar that favors us in the weeks and months to come, we remain confident that our campaign is on a path to win the nomination," added Sanders.

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