Currently, 55 percent of American voters view Clinton unfavorably, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Tuesday that was conducted in the days leading up to the Democratic primary in SC, which Clinton won over the weekend.
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Larry Sanders said earlier: “Coming out of the Iowa race, Bernard now has the support to go all the way”.
On the Republican side, Ted Cruz won his home state of Texas, as well as neighboring Oklahoma.
Hillary Clinton widened her lead over Democratic rival Bernie Sanders as black voters helped her secure key victories in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia in the Super Tuesday contests.
Clinton’s haul leaves the campaign with $31 million cash on hand, a sizable bank roll for a campaign that will have to spend heavily during March’s primaries and caucuses.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton captured a victory in Arkansas’ Democratic presidential primary Tuesday, according to The Associated Press.
US Republican presidential contender Marco Rubio on Wednesday registered his first victory in the party’s primaries as he won in Minnesota, giving a much needed boost to his campaign.
Sanders won his home state of Vermont as well as Oklahoma and pledged to stay in the race. Four states vote this weekend.
“Let me assure you that we are going to take our fight for economic justice, for social justice, for environmental sanity, for a world of peace to every one of those states”, he told cheering friends and supporters in Burlington, Vt. Many top Republicans have made clear that they can’t stomach the idea of Trump as the de facto head of the GOP.
Mary Mancini, Chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party, said Super Tuesday left Tennessee Democrats energized.
Only 66 of the 78 state delegates in Colorado are actually delegates in the most specific sense.
In terms of delegates, this has given Clinton a lead of 630 over Sanders.
William Bristow, a student in the College of Arts and Sciences and president of the Cornell Democrats says he doesn’t approve of Republican campaign tactics.
Exit polls underscored Sanders’ continued weakness with black voters, a core part of the Democratic constituency. Democrats voted in 11 states and American Samoa, with 865 delegates at stake. However, he tends to make up for that by dominating among voters who want someone who “tells it like it is”, and he is also strong among those who want a candidate who can “bring change”.
After seven years with President Barack Obama in the White House, Democrats are happier than Republicans with the federal government.
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The new interest in Minnesota’s caucuses, combined with the appeal of outsider candidates, translated into banner turnout for both parties.
