On Wednesday, Trump won his first endorsements from sitting members of Congress, with Reps.
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The billionaire businessman now can claim victories in the West, the South and Northeast – a testament to his broad appeal among the mad-as-hell voters making their voices heard in the 2016 presidential race.
In a stark contrast to past election cycles in the days leading up to the contest, many voters told us without hesitation that they had made a decision to back Trump, and hadn’t really even considered any of the other candidates.
Co-host Ashley Earhardt asked Rubio if he needs to start winning primaries in order to win the nomination.
He continued: “The undeniable reality that the first four states have shown is that the only campaign that has beaten Donald Trump and the only campaign that can beat Donald Trump is this campaign”.
Trump, the GOP front-runner, explained on NBC’s “Today” that he believes that his caustic campaigning style helped eliminate several competitors, so he’s not going to stop just yet.
In Republican contests, candidates are awarded a certain number based on wins and/or percentages of votes obtained in caucuses and primaries. Trump won 14 delegates in Nevada. Ted Cruz of Texas in Iowa ruining his record. While he’s still trailing Cruz in Texas-which will divvy up the most delegates on March 1st-Trump remains on pace to be the front-runner when Washington wakes up on March 2nd. Cruz had to fire the public face of his campaign, communications manager Rick Tyler, for social media posts falsely alleging Rubio mocked the Bible.
Retired surgeon Ben Carson and Ohio Governor John Kasich were far behind, as expected from pre-vote polls. When CNN projected Trump would win the race there was a minute-long cheer, which switched to boos when Cruz was mentioned.
Trump won 55 percent of the voters who described themselves as “moderate”, according to the poll.
Entrance polls in Nevada captured the sentiment propelling Trump’s insurgent campaign: Six in 10 caucus goers said they were angry with the way the government is working, and Trump got about half of them.
When things calm down on the Ides of March, about 58 percent of delegates in the GOP contest will be allotted. “Sure, if everybody does it, and that includes the Republicans”, Clinton says.
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All of the candidates now are looking to Super Tuesday where 11 states will have delegates at stake.
