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News Guide: Eyes on Michigan as 4 states make 2016 choices

Jared Godinez, 24, fills out an application for a ballot during the primary election Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at the Fort Gratiot Township Hall in Fort Gratiot, Mich. Presidential candidates in both parties were looking to Michigan on Tuesday for one of the largest delegate hauls in the bruising nominating contests. (Jeffrey M. Smith/The Times Herald via AP) NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT
Jared Godinez, 24, fills out an application for a ballot during the primary election Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at the Fort Gratiot Township Hall in Fort Gratiot, Mich. Presidential candidates in both parties were looking to Michigan on Tuesday for one of the largest delegate hauls in the bruising nominating contests. (Jeffrey M. Smith/The Times Herald via AP) NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT Jared Godinez, 24, fills out an application for a ballot during the primary election Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at the Fort Gratiot Township Hall in Fort Gratiot, Mich. Presidential candidates in both parties were looking to Michigan on Tuesday for one of the largest delegate hauls in the bruising nominating contests. (Jeffrey M. Smith/The Times Herald via AP) NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT

By Associated Press 5 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – Michigan was front and center Tuesday as voters in four states weighed in on the 2016 presidential race, testing Donald Trump’s staying power at the top of the Republican pack and Bernie Sanders’ narrowing chances to sideline Hillary Clinton’s march to the Democratic nomination.

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HOW IT UNFOLDS

Polls close in Mississippi at 8 p.m., as they do in Michigan. But because there are a few counties in that state’s upper peninsula in the Central time zone, it will be 9 p.m. EST before voting ends there.

Both states will have exit poll data to poke through as they wait for results, helping to explain who voted for whom and why. Idaho’s Republican-only primary closes at 11 p.m., and Hawaii’s GOP caucuses close at 1 a.m. Results from Democrats living abroad also will filter in.