Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton made it clear on Super Tuesday that they are their parties’ top nominees for the White House, even as Republicans try desperately to move away from Trump.
Trump won primaries in Georgia, Vermont, Virginia, Alabama, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Arkansas. The loss in Virginia was a major blow to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who managed to only win in Minnesota. Trump also ensured that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz didn’t have a great night, as Cruz only won Alaska, Texas and Oklahoma. Cruz had bet on Arkansas coming through, but he narrowly lost the state.
As the results on CNN show, Trump did prove that he has appeal in multiple regions, winning New England and Deep South states. However, he failed to earn more than 40 percent of the vote in every contest.
On the Democratic side, the results were far more overwhelmingly in favor of one candidate over the other. Clinton earned major victories in Georgia, Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas and Arkansas. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders won in his home state, as well as Oklahoma, Minnesota and Colorado. There were one close race though, with Clinton barely edging out Sanders in Massachusetts.
As the Associated Press notes, Trump is now at 285 delegates overall, while Cruz has 161. Rubio has just 87. In the GOP, a nominee needs 1,237 delegates to earn the nomination.
Democrats require much more delegates, with 2,383 needed to secure the nomination. Clinton is up to 1,005 and Sanders has 373.
The wins for Trump came just hours after House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican, denounced Trump for his inability to automatically disavow David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan. “If a person wants to be the nominee of the Republican Party, there can be no evasion and no games,” Ryan said on March 1, reports the New York Times. But clearly, that didn’t stop voters from supporting the real estate mogul.
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