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Wanted this to pass. they're very happy, they want the democrats to take full responsibility for the entire failure of obamacare, so, that's what we're hearing in rhode island. neil: rhode island is a big democratic state by and large, so, how are you received there? >> well, excuse me, donald trump did win 65% in the vote in the primary here, that was one of the biggest wins-- it was the biggest win in the state of rhode island. and one of them here was a democrat all his life and he's now a republican because of donald trump. and rhode island, is blue, but you'd be surprised how many trump s...

Wholesale tax cuts and now the state is over a billion dollars, you know, in debt beyond its budget and state law requires you to balance your budget. ku, one of our great universities, k state, are all in trouble financially because of what has happened. so, i think we have to be careful on tax cuts, but when you look at all of the fortune 500 companies that are abroad and also parking their money abroad, we ought to be able to do some things to allow a tax rate that's comparable to the international average, whatever that may be. >> which would be lower than where we're at now. >> and suppor...

Approval rating along with a high unemployment rate. >> in a big democratic state. he has the bromancess going. >> can he make it through a gop primary in 2016 where the voters like their candidates super conservative? >> absolutely for two reasons. he governs as a conservative. this is not a guy in a deep blue state who is a moderate. he is a conservative governor who has reformed civil service pensions in a way that has never deny but not. a very pro union state. he has reform and taken on the education unions. merit pay, charter school, school choice. he has done things to lower taxes, cut ...

Has managed to maintain a high approval rating along with a high unemployment rate. >> in a big democratic state. he has the bromancess going. >> can he make it through a gop primary in 2016 where the voters like their candidates super conservative? >> absolutely for two reasons. he governs as a conservative. this is not a guy in a deep blue state who is a moderate. he is a conservative governor who has reformed civil service pensions in a way that has never deny but not. a very pro union state. he has reform and taken on the education unions. merit pay, charter school, school choice. he has d...

They do this proportional doling out of their delegates, too. 30 at stake in the state of michigan. >> big democratic state, too. it's going to be really interesting to see. especially he's from the home state but he moved. he went to boston. and i think that's kind of hurting him a little in michigan. >> plus that whole let detroit go bankrupt thing did not help as well. either. stay tuned for tonight. stay right here with abc news. we'll bring you tonight's primary results. diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos will be here when winners are declared later tonight. and of course we'll have m...