Chris Christie and former Hewlett-Packard head Carly Fiorina dropped out. Trump’s chances on the Republican side are better after righting the ship in New Hampshire, and with him leading in polling in SC.
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Presuming that Trump goes on to win the nomination, Christie would be a natural fit in his administration – most likely as Attorney General. The barrage of negative ads, combined with Rubio’s bad debate performance Saturday night, appears to have made a difference.
If Mr Trump had Republicans on edge, Democrats were feeling no less queasy.
Trump simply can not win and Democrats salivate at the prospect of having Trump face off with Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton come November.
Mr Sanders, a Vermont senator and self-proclaimed democratic socialist, raised more than five million dollars (£3.4m) in less than a day after his New Hampshire triumph. Kasich however says this election has to be about more than just anger.
Even though the voters called Trump’s characteristic antics “crass” and “not professional”, they said “he’s espousing what the people are feeling” a predicted that his exceptionally passionate followers would carry him to a SC victory.
According to Democrats, Hillary Clinton will now begin sweeping the primaries, winning most of the other states and most of their delegates.
“Secretary Clinton has been involved in SC for the last 40 years”, Mr Rutherford said.
Mr Sanders rolls into the next two contests with all the momentum, but it is Mrs Clinton who has the institutional and demographic advantages.
While Trump was making the rounds on morning television shows, Sanders was given a big welcome by Reverend Al Sharpton in Harlem.
Texas senator Ted Cruz, the conservative firebrand and victor in the lead-off Iowa caucuses, returned to the centre of the fracas after largely sitting out New Hampshire. “We’re going to win in South Carolina”, Trump declared, looking down the campaign trail to the next stop. But a sizeeable field remained. And those polls were absolutely correct, as the results from Tuesday’s primary attest. After the Nevada caucus and SC primary this month, the Super Tuesday contests of March 1 tend to reward candidates who come armed with the conventional weaponry of political campaigns, rather than Mr. Trump’s unorthodox style.
The tragedy of the commons: The Republican establishment took too long to take on The Donald and now it may be too late.
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Republican officials have already had early discussions about such a July scenario, which could be triggered if no candidate secures a majority of delegates by convention time. What did shock, however, was the margin by which Sanders secured the millennial voting block, and the surprise second place finish by previously mostly ignored Ohio Governor John Kasich. With a minimal SC operation compared to his rivals, Mr Kasich must work quickly. Instead it was two governors, Kasich and Jeb Bush, who carry the mainstream mantle into SC.
