WASHINGTON: Donald Trump celebrated an “amazing night” as he closed in on the Republican presidential nomination with easy victories in the Super Tuesday primaries, setting up a nearly certain rematch with President Joe Biden in November.
15 states and a US territory staged nominating contests on the biggest day of the 2024 race so far, with both candidates coveting a second tenure in the White House, AFP reported.
Texas and California were among the major wins for Trump over Nikki Haley as he picked up support in every demographic, taking conservative southern states and more liberal battlegrounds such as Virginia, one of his longshot challenger’s best chances.
Trump was denied a clean sweep after Haley won a tight contest in the northeastern state of Vermont, but the ex-president told supporters they had witnessed “an amazing night and an amazing day,” with American media projecting his victory in fourteen states.
“They call it ‘Super Tuesday’ for a reason,” Donald Trump told a cheering crowd at his Mar-a-Lago beach club in Florida.
This year’s Super Tuesday was sapped of much of its suspense as Joe Biden and Donald Trump had effectively secured their parties’ nominations before a vote was cast Tuesday.
Haley Failed to Throw Big Challenge to Donald Trump
Haley, a former UN ambassador, has failed to throw any major obstacles in Donald Trump’s path to the nomination since finishing a distant 3rd in the opening contest in Iowa in January.
Impeached twice, beaten by 7 million votes in 2020 and facing 91 felony charges in 4 trials, Trump has a profile unlike any United States presidential election candidate in history.
Yet his appeal among rural, working-class, and white voters has propelled him toward the nomination in one of the most lopsided primary seasons in modern history.
Haley — a favorite of suburban, affluent voters and university graduates — was set to collect only a handful of the delegates required to secure the nomination.
