For Darien presidential primary voters on Tuesday, John Kasich is the most popular Republican candidate for president, with almost half the votes), with Donald Trump not far behind (41.5 percent), and Hillary Clinton is much more popular than Bernie Sanders (69 percent to 30 percent).
Kasich garnered 1,284 votes; Trump, 1,070. Ted Cruz, more popular elsewhere in the country, was a very distant third in Darien’s GOP primary votes, with 186 (7.2 percent).
(The image with this article shows the breakdown in votes by voting district.)
Posted on the wall outside the Registrars of Voters office
The results:
Republicans
John Kasich — 1,284 votes — 49.8 percent
Donald Trump — 1,070 votes — 41.5 percent
Ted Cruz — 186 votes — 7.2 percent
Ben Carson — 15 votes
Uncommitted — 21 votes
Democrats
Hillary Clinton — 832 votes — 69 percent
Bernie Sanders — 363 votes — 30 percent
Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente — 2 votes
Uncommitted — 6 votes
A total of 2,576 Republican votes were counted in Darien and 1,203 votes from Democrats.