Even if Cruz wins the state, he’s not guaranteed all 155 GOP delegates; the state awards them proportionally.
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Marco Rubio, the third-placed Republican contender after Mr Trump and Mr Cruz, is hoping to stay competitive, gambling on a win in his home state of Florida on 15 March. His main rivals, Florida Sen. Mr. Sanders is unlikely do well in Super Tuesday states, but will come out of it with enough money and enthusiasm to fight another day.
Polls show Clinton could top Sanders. She lost Georgia to him by 36 points and by 19 points in Virginia. The Democratic candidates today are battling over several key states where the race is tight, including MA where 91 delegates are up for grabs and Minnesota (77).
Speaking to reporters she said Republicans aren’t focused on issues, but are instead running a campaign on insults.
Trump and Rubio continued their attacks against each other on Sunday. Going into the day, Clinton had already won Nevada, Iowa, and SC, while Trump had taken Nevada, New Hampshire, and SC.
Republican candidates Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, John Kasich and Ben Carson are fighting for 661 delegates, while Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have 1,016 available.
Mr Sanders, who has energised young voters with his call for a political revolution, was seeking to pick up victories in states including Minnesota and Vermont.
There are 595 Republican delegates at stake in 11 states.
For the first time on Monday night, Cruz acknowledged polls which show it is unlikely he gets 50 percent of the vote meaning he would have to split the state’s 155 Republican delegates with front-runner Donald Trump. Black voters powered Clinton to victory in SC last weekend, with 8 in 10 voting for her, and were expected to give her a huge advantage throughout the South.
On the Republican ballot, perhaps the most hotly contested race is the nomination for the District 121 State Representative race featuring incumbent and Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, who is facing a challenge from Jeff Judson and Sheila Bean.
On the Republican side, Donald Trump is favored in almost every Super Tuesday state based on early polling.
The Associated Press projected the Democrat would win Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas and her onetime home state of Arkansas over her rival Bernie Sanders.
Worries among Republicans appeared to grow after Trump briefly refused to disavow former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke during a television interview.
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Half of Vermont Democrats said they want the next president’s policies to be more liberal than those of President Barack Obama. She says Clinton is the one with the most experience and “knows what she’s doing”.
