How Will Super Tuesday Change the 2024 Presidential Race?
Summary from the AllSides News Team
On Tuesday, voters will go to the polls in 15 states to participate in Republican primaries, and Democrats will go to the polls in 16 states and territories to cast their ballots.
Key Details: On the Republican side, 865 delegates are up for grabs. Former President Donald Trump currently has 244 delegates, compared to former Ambassador Nikki Haley's 43 delegates. Securing the nomination requires 1,215 delegates. On the Democratic side, 1,968 delegates are needed to lock down the nomination for President Joe Biden. He currently has 208 delegates.
Key Quote: “I’ve always said this needs to be competitive. As long as we are competitive, as long as we are showing that there is a place for us, I’m going to continue to fight,” Haley told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
For Context: The term "Super Tuesday" was coined in the mid-1970s to showcase the day with the most primary contests.
How the Media Covered it: The New York Post (Lean Right bias) noted that the only real suspense is whether Trump will sweep all 15 states from Haley. Yahoo News (Lean Left bias) noted how Haley has managed to stay in the race and slow Trump's march toward the nomination, and how she has touted her general election chances against President Biden.
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Meanwhile, President Biden is expected to easily defeat his minor Democratic challengers in his party’s nominating contests.
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Super Tuesday is shaping up to be yet another suspense-free day of presidential politics as both Donald Trump and President Biden prepare to run up the delegate scoreboard against their competitors.
Fifteen Republican primaries and caucuses will take place Tuesday, with Democrats in 16 states and territories doing the same.
A total of 865 delegates are at stake on the GOP side, about a third of the total that will be doled out before this summer’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
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Former President Trump is set to tighten his lock on the GOP presidential nomination on Super Tuesday, with plausible expectations that he could sweep all 15 contests that are taking place.
The main hope for his last remaining rival, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, would appear to be a victory in Virginia, buoyed by the moderate voters of the affluent suburbs abutting Washington, D.C.
But Haley is already far behind in the delegate race that will ultimately determine the nomination.
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