Super Tuesday results: there was at least one genuine surprise in the big primary night.
10 months ago

Super Tuesday results: there was at least one genuine surprise in the big primary night.

Slate  

The Slate Decision Desk tabulated votes and worked campaign insiders all night Super Tuesday, and to a person, we reached a conclusion: Donald Trump and Joe Biden are in excellent shape to win their respective parties’ presidential nominations. But Haley didn’t come close to winning states that matched this profile, like Minnesota, Virginia, Colorado, or Massachusetts; her margins among her targeted voters weren’t nearly what Trump’s were among his. Among the weaknesses within Joe Biden’s coalition, “uncommitted” appears to have made noise again after winning 100,000 protest votes in the Michigan primary last week. — Dean Phillips March 6, 2024 In the marquee down-ballot race of the night—winners for which were called surprising quickly—Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey will advance to November’s election.

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The presidential primary season is officially over. Here’s what the results could mean for November
6 months, 4 weeks ago

The presidential primary season is officially over. Here’s what the results could mean for November

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The presidential primary calendar has officially come to an end with weekend victories for Democratic President Joe Biden in Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. After Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abandoned his short-lived Democratic primary campaign in favor of a third-party run in the general election, Biden did not face major primary challenges from Williamson, Palmer, U.S. Rep. …

Biden, Trump win Kentucky, Oregon primaries as presidential nominating season nears its end
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden, Trump win Kentucky, Oregon primaries as presidential nominating season nears its end

Associated Press  

President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, Donald Trump, piled up more delegates Tuesday as both presumptive nominees won primaries in Kentucky and Oregon. The symbolic decisions provide a few more delegates to the national conventions and a gut check on where the Democratic and Republican bases stand toward their standard-bearers as the presidential nominating season nears its end. After …

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the April 2 presidential and state primaries
9 months, 1 week ago

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the April 2 presidential and state primaries

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Voters in the pivotal swing state of Wisconsin and three Northeastern states will have a chance to indicate their support or opposition to their parties’ presumptive nominees in presidential primaries Tuesday. DELEGATES AT STAKE ON TUESDAY Democrats: 436 Republicans: 179 STATES WITH PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, Wisconsin STATES WITH NON-PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES AND ELECTIONS Arkansas, Mississippi, …

Super Tuesday: Joe Biden wins the Democratic presidential primary in California
10 months ago

Super Tuesday: Joe Biden wins the Democratic presidential primary in California

Live Mint  

Joe Biden wins the Democratic presidential primary in California, Associated Press has reported on 6 March. US President Biden and former President Donald Trump swept to victory in statewide nominating contests across the country, setting up a historic rematch in November's general election despite low approval ratings for both candidates. Meanwhile, Trump is scheduled to begin his first criminal trial …

Biden beats long-shot challenger Dean Phillips in the congressman’s home state of Minnesota
10 months ago

Biden beats long-shot challenger Dean Phillips in the congressman’s home state of Minnesota

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — President Joe Biden dealt challenger Dean Phillips a Super Tuesday defeat in the Minnesota congressman’s home state, while former President Donald Trump beat Nikki Haley in the state’s Republican primary. “While Democratic Party loyalists are clearly, consistently, and overwhelmingly registering their preference for Joe Biden, it doesn’t alter the reality which compelled me to enter the race in …

Five takeaways from the US Super Tuesday primary races
10 months ago

Five takeaways from the US Super Tuesday primary races

Al Jazeera  

Busy US election day sees Biden and Trump bolster their paths to the White House, ends Nikki Haley’s GOP campaign. Donald Trump and Joe Biden continue to march towards November’s United States presidential election, securing major primary victories on Super Tuesday, one of the busiest days in the country’s election calendar. Haley’s departure from the race, and President Biden’s overwhelming …

Super Tuesday sets stage for Donald Trump-Joe Biden rematch, but trouble lies ahead for both
10 months ago

Super Tuesday sets stage for Donald Trump-Joe Biden rematch, but trouble lies ahead for both

ABC  

If Donald Trump's march towards the Republican presidential nomination had seemed unstoppable before today, it appears all but assured now. The Super Tuesday results also provide insights into President Joe Biden's standing with voters, as well as clues on what to look forward to from an expected replay of the 2020 election campaign. "If she starts polling 10, 15 per …

Mint Explainer: What’s at stake during America’s Super Tuesday primary polls
10 months ago

Mint Explainer: What’s at stake during America’s Super Tuesday primary polls

Live Mint  

America’s two most powerful political parties will move closer to selecting their Presidential nominees for the upcoming 2024 election on Tuesday. In an event known as ‘Super Tuesday’, more than a dozen American states will vote in the primary elections for both the Democratic and Republican parties. In the US political system, each major political party holds primary polls that …

Super Tuesday: Critical day for Biden vs Trump face-off; 5 points
10 months ago

Super Tuesday: Critical day for Biden vs Trump face-off; 5 points

Live Mint  

US Elections 2024: Super Tuesday on March 5 marks a pivotal day in the US presidential primaries. It's when a hefty chunk of delegates get picked by voters across many states. He's collected many delegates and needs 1,215 to win his party's nomination. Democratic duel On the Democratic side, President Joe Biden is working towards his magic number of 1,968 …

Super Tuesday’s dominance highlights how presidential selection process can exclude many US voters
10 months ago

Super Tuesday’s dominance highlights how presidential selection process can exclude many US voters

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As an independent, Christian Miller can’t vote in Pennsylvania’s closed presidential primary in April. Academics and democracy analysts said the presidential primary system, in which a small percentage of the nation’s voters often determines the candidates, is one of several quirks that make the United States stand out. “Usually you can find a political party that meets your …

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Super Tuesday’s presidential nominating contests
10 months, 1 week ago

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Super Tuesday’s presidential nominating contests

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — With contests in 16 states and American Samoa, the Super Tuesday primaries will be the largest day of voting of the year outside of the November election. FIRST VOTES REPORTED : 8:44 p.m. EST LAST ELECTION NIGHT UPDATE: 3:18 a.m. EST with 99% of the total vote counted CALIFORNIA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY : Biden, Phillips, Williamson, and five others. …

What is Super Tuesday? Here's why it matters
10 months, 1 week ago

What is Super Tuesday? Here's why it matters

Associated Press  

The biggest day of this year’s primary campaign is approaching as 16 states vote in contests known as Super Tuesday. Amid Trump’s commanding wins this primary season have been a notable warning sign for November: He’s performed poorly with college-educated primary voters. Paxton has been a staunch supporter of Trump, including the former president’s attempts to overturn his own 2020 …

Biden faces protest vote over Gaza in Michigan primary contest
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden faces protest vote over Gaza in Michigan primary contest

Hindustan Times  

The US state of Michigan votes Tuesday in a presidential primary that is expected to be another ticker-tape parade for Republican Donald Trump -- but could deliver Democratic leader Joe Biden a bloody nose over the war in Gaza. Activists in the key midwestern battleground -- where Biden's winning margin four years ago was a mere 150,000 votes -- want …

Joe Biden wins South Carolina Democratic primary, blasts Donald Trump
11 months ago

Joe Biden wins South Carolina Democratic primary, blasts Donald Trump

Hindustan Times  

President Joe Biden won the South Carolina Democratic primary on Saturday, January 3. U.S. President Joe Biden reacts as he attends the opening of the Biden for President campaign office in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., February 3, 2024 ‘Donald Trump a loser — again’ Biden was attending a fundraising event in Los Angeles when his victory was announced. Now in 2024, …

Biden wins New Hampshire primary through a write-in effort after declining to campaign there
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden wins New Hampshire primary through a write-in effort after declining to campaign there

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden won New Hampshire’s largely symbolic Democratic primary on Tuesday, prevailing in an unusual write-in effort after he refused to campaign or appear on the state ballot. The New Hampshire race will likely not count toward amassing delegates for the presidential nomination after Democrats in the state bucked a Biden-championed revamp of the primary calendar that …

Read Live Updates On The March 10 Democratic Primaries: Biden, Sanders Face Off
4 years, 9 months ago

Read Live Updates On The March 10 Democratic Primaries: Biden, Sanders Face Off

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former Vice President Joe Biden won four states as he continued to march toward the Democratic nomination on a night six states voted and Sen. Bernie Sanders fought to remain competitive in the two-man race. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg dropped out last week after poor showings in the Super Tuesday …

Joe Biden Wins 2020 Maine Democratic Primary
4 years, 10 months ago

Joe Biden Wins 2020 Maine Democratic Primary

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former Vice President Joe Biden has narrowly edged out Sen. Bernie Sanders in Maine’s Democratic primary, rounding out his Super Tuesday victory despite running no ads in the state. Although his campaign seemed imperiled by poor showings in early voting states last month, Biden made a stunning comeback on a wave of last-minute endorsements from former rivals …

US Super Tuesday elections: All the latest updates
4 years, 10 months ago

US Super Tuesday elections: All the latest updates

Al Jazeera  

Biden surges with victories in nine Super Tuesday states, including Texas as Sanders takes four, including California. 02:50 GMT – Biden picks up Arkansas Biden wins the Democratic presidential primary in Arkansas 02:48 GMT – Where the delegate count stands so far Without hearing from the big Super Tuesday states – Texas and California – here’s a look at where …

What Super Tuesday exit polls tell us about Sanders’ ceiling and Biden’s ‘Avengers’ (opinion)
4 years, 10 months ago

What Super Tuesday exit polls tell us about Sanders’ ceiling and Biden’s ‘Avengers’ (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: John Avlon is a CNN senior political analyst. This reflects the fact that Democratic contenders Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar – both midwestern centrists – decided to bow out of the race before Super Tuesday and throw their support behind Biden. In the wake of Biden’s Super Tuesday surge, Mike Bloomberg decided to bow out of the race …

Biden wins Texas primary in resounding Super Tuesday finish
4 years, 10 months ago

Biden wins Texas primary in resounding Super Tuesday finish

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Joe Biden ended a triumphant Super Tuesday with a narrow victory over Bernie Sanders in Texas, the giant red state where Democrats are seeking a rare return to power in 2020. “And as a working mom, I’m concerned about the future if we keep it in the hands of people like Sen. John Cornyn.” And on the …

Super Tuesday’s results don’t always match primaries’ design
4 years, 10 months ago

Super Tuesday’s results don’t always match primaries’ design

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After Democrats saw Walter Mondale lose 49 states to President Ronald Reagan in 1984, party leaders came up with a plan: create a one-day “Super Tuesday” primary where Southern states could vote en masse to produce a more moderate — and “electable” — nominee, preferably from the region. “They misjudged what the South was.” This year’s collection …

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