Throughout the campaign, Bush presented as an underwhelming debater who stumbled over his words and struggled to defend himself from attacks, particularly from Trump, who famously described the candidate as being “low-energy”.
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Behind the top three candidates, John Kasich is in fourth place with 9 percent, Jeb Bush has 8 percent, and Ben Carson has 5 percent.
“The people of Iowa, New Hampshire and SC have spoken and I really respect their decision so tonight I am suspending my campaign”.
Sanders told his supporters he called Clinton to congratulate her. Despite his defeat, he vowed to take his campaign nationwide, notably looking past SC, where Clinton is leading the polls, to a clutch of primaries on March 1.
After a disappointing finish in South Carolina Saturday during the state’s Republican primary, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told supporters that he is dropping out of the presidential race.
Trump’s strong showing in SC marked his second successive victory in the Republican primaries and strengthened his unexpected claim on the party nomination.
“I actually think I know your state now better than you do”. Again, those delegate allocation rules mean that a one-vote Trump victory is as good as a 100 percent Trump victory. Nevada is a much more diverse state than New Hampshire or Iowa, so Clinton’s win was expected.
‘So as that five or seven people continues to narrow down, I think it’s going make the race clearer and clearer, ‘ Rubio said. Rubio and Bush were both largely considered mainstream conservatives, but Trump argued that he would continue to earn support as candidates leave the race.
Bush’s departure is likely to help Rubio, and if Kasich drops out soon, it will effectively become a three-candidate race.
Hillary Clinton is shaping up to be Mr Trump’s opponent for the presidency after she secured a vital win for the Democratic nomination in Nevada. Cruz follows with 11 delegates and Rubio has 10.
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The next Republican contest will be held Tuesday in Nevada, but the March 1 vote that features Georgia and a sweep of other Southern states could be the defining moment of the campaign. They’d point out that Trump faded down the stretch run, getting 32 percent of the vote after initially polling at about 36 percent after New Hampshire, because of his continuing struggles with late-deciding voters. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, accompanied by his wife Heidi, right, pauses while speaking at his South Carolina primary night rally at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds in Columbia, S.C., Saturd…
