The former U.S. secretary of state and the NY billionaire each won seven states out of 11 contests up for grabs, the biggest day of the USA presidential race so far.
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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump didn’t exactly sew up their parties’ nomination on Super Tuesday.
Mrs Clinton also won seven states on Tuesday, consolidating her lead in the Democratic race over rival Bernie Sanders. President Barack Obama is barred by the constitution from seeking re-election after two four-year terms. Though Mrs Clinton’s foreign policy is well established from her time in the State Department, Mr Trump’s is not.
Sanders supporter Lance Richbourg said, “We’re pleased that he got enough to continue credibly in the race, and he will, you know?”.
He addressed a question about House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, who earlier called on Trump to disavow an endorsement from a senior leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
Texas Sen. John Cornyn said Wednesday morning that Trump’s remaining rivals – Cruz, Rubio, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Ben Carson – are looking at their own chances and the possibility of a so-called brokered convention and “figure that they’ll hang in there as long as they can”.
Ted Cruz is emerging as the candidate who could stop him – with a little help from Marco Rubio. Instead, he’s watched Trump, a brash NY real estate mogul, display surprising strength with the region’s evangelical Christians and social conservatives.
“We are bound, our rules do bound us, that we are to vote for the top vote getter or getters over 20 percent, so we are bound to what the people tell us to do”, said Lathan.
Trump won at least 234 delegates on Tuesday, and Cruz won at least 209. And both increased their delegate leads, though Clinton, who now has almost half the delegates she needs to win, did so more dramatically. He also won Oklahoma and Alaska.
To underscore the point, Trump trained his sights on Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic nominee. Overall, Clinton now has at least 1,005 delegates. Sanders had at least 373.
A day after a monstrous win in his home state, Sanders supporters keep “feeling the Bern”.
“We are going to send the message loud and clear… that the presidency of the United States will never be held by a con artist”, Rubio declared, echoing a hit against Trump he has frequently used this week. Sanders must not tear Clinton down while searching for momentum, and Clinton must not alienate Sanders stalwarts as she seeks to win out. She was supported by at least 80 per cent of black voters in the Deep South and Texas and bolstered by women and older voters.
Keith Simmonds, professor of political science at Florida A&M University, said that while Trump has racked up wins in a number of states – 10 of 15, so far – he hasn’t run away with delegates.
Trump won in Virginia, Arkansas, Alabama, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Vermont and Georgia.
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A close look at the delegate math illustrates Trump’s problem.
