In addition to Michigan, Republicans hold primaries in MS and Idaho, as well as caucuses in Hawaii.
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“Donald Trump – he might have grown up the way he did, with a lot of money and going to boarding school”.
Ted Cruz campaigns in San Antonio a day ahead of Super Tuesday, Feb 29, 2016.
The results were a repudiation of a Republican establishment that has bristled at the prospect of either Cruz or Trump winning the party’s nomination and has largely lined up behind U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who was shut out in all four contests.
Trump has been a lightning rod in the GOP race, spawning resistance from many evangelical Christians and other conservatives, including the use of the hashtag #NeverTrump on Twitter.
A recent Republic editorial suggested GOP primary voters have a moral obligation to vote against the mogul.
Cruz entered Saturday looking to pad his delegate count and boost his argument that he is the most viable alternative to frontrunner Trump.
But Mr Cruz, spearheading the Stop Trump campaign, said it was essential for the very soul of America that the billionaire businessman be defeated.
Like the AIF poll from last week – the one that found the tightest Florida race – Tarrance identified likely voters based on their voting history listed in the state’s voter file.
Cruz, who has won the second largest number of states, has urged opponents to drop out and back him as the only major alternative to Trump.
“I think people are asking themselves, ‘How would we feel if our children came in repeating the words of the president of the United States if that president was Donald Trump?'”.
“I think we will have a manifest uprising”, he said on a political chat show. Ohio Gov. John Kasich was also winless Saturday. Especially since the same people who make this claim have generally been saying that the best way to stop Trump is to get the race down to two candidates. His campaign is now counting on a victory in the Florida primary to save itself.
“The anti-Trump groups have pushed a “#NeverTrump” campaign on social media.
Mrs Clinton had at least 1,117 delegates to Mr Sanders’ 477, including superdelegates – members of Congress, governors and party officials who can support the candidate of their choice.
In the Democratic race, front-runner Hillary Clinton won in Louisiana, and her rival Bernie Sanders, a US senator from Vermont, won in Kansas and Nebraska, in results that did not substantially change Clinton’s big delegate lead.
Heading into Saturday, Trump led the field with 329 delegates, followed by Cruz with 231 and Rubio with 110.
“Because Rubio has failed to do his job as a senator, broken the promises he made to Floridians and backed away from his lone signature piece of legislation on immigration, we can not endorse him for president”, the newspaper wrote.
“The big question is whether voters will seize upon an opportunity to coalesce behind Mr. Cruz and perhaps surprise Mr. Trump in the upcoming contests”, said the associate professor of political science at Union University in Jackson, Tenn.
Trump leads the GOP race with 389 delegates of the 1,237 needed to win.
“I’ve been hoping that Cruz would be the candidate, and I wouldn’t have to deal with that”.
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Neither went on to win the nomination.
