News Guide: Clinton wins by losing; Trump scores 3 big wins

Hillary Clinton has pushed over the halfway mark in delegates needed for the Democratic presidential nomination, showing she can win even by losing.

More than half of Democratic and Republican voters in Michigan, along with Republicans in Mississippi, said trade takes away jobs, according to surveys of voters after they cast ballots.

Exit polling also found Clinton in Mississippi was supported over Sanders by 9 in 10 black voters, who accounted for nearly two-thirds of Democratic primary voters in the state.

[...] Michigan, like previous races, pointed to an age divide for Democrats, with Clinton prevailing with people 45 and older and Sanders leading among those younger than 45.

Since Super Tuesday, Sanders has now won four of the last six states contests.

Cruz, the conservative firebrand, has put up the toughest fight against Trump, staying within range in the delegate hunt and aiming to become the last challenger standing against the billionaire if Rubio and Kasich can't win their home states Tuesday.

In the last Democratic debate, in Flint, Michigan, Clinton hit Sanders hard for opposing a 2009 bill that provided billions to rescue the auto industry.

Should Trump win the GOP nomination, his path to the presidency could be through the Rust Belt.

Michigan offered a window into his appeal in the industrial Midwest as he reached out for the economically disaffected and the angry with a message that has engaged Republican voters more broadly than the party and his rivals expected.

In achieving victory, Clinton again benefited from a heavy lift from black voters, exit polls found.

None of the Republican candidates made the long trip to campaign for the small delegate prize in Hawaii's GOP caucuses.

"If candidates are looking to win over the state, then I think they need to be a little bit more open to diversity and a little more centrist about their approach," Beth Fukumoto-Chang, Republican leader in the state House, said recently.