B Matter – Todd
As candidates claim more delegates it is becoming more clear who the front runners for the Republican and Democratic nomination are.
In the democratic race Hilary Clinton is heavily favored to win the nomination.
Hilary Clinton won the South Carolina primary by relying on the minority vote.
Bernie Sanders gets a lot of his support from the youth vote.
On Super Tuesday, Hilary Clinton won seven out of the eleven states that were up for grabs.
Hilary Clinton has a total of 1,052 delegates. Bernie Sanders has 427 delegates. A candidate needs a total of 2,383 delegates to win the democratic nomination.
Donald Trump won South Carolina for the Republican race.
On Super Tuesday, Donald Trump won the majority of the states, and solidified his spot in first place.
Donald Trump won seven out of the eleven states that voted. That left him with a total of 319 delegates. Ted Cruz came in second place winning three states, one of which included his home state, Texas. Marco Rubio only won Minnesota. John Kasich and Ben Carson did not win any states.
After Super Tuesday, Donald Trump has a total of 319 delegates. A candidate needs 1,237 delegates to win the nomination. Ted Cruz is in second with 226 delegates. Marco Rubio has 110, Kasich has 25, and Ben Carson has 8.
More Republicans came out to the polls to vote than Democrats on Super Tuesday.
In 2013, North Carolina passed a law that required a government issued id at the voting polls. This law aims to prevent non US citizens from voting. The new law hurts Democratic party because a lot of low income individuals do not have any form of government ID, and those individuals would typically vote democratically.
After Super Tuesday 6 out of 10 Republicans feel like they were betrayed by the Republican party.
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