US President Joe Biden of the Democratic Party and his Republican rival Donald Trump won in their parties’ presidential nomination primaries in 15 states across the country, moving closer to a rematch in November and putting pressure on Nikki Haley, another presidential candidate.
After Super Tuesday’s election results, Trump hopes to take the lead and defeat his only Republican opponent, Haley. Biden, meanwhile, seeking re-election, has won nearly every Democratic primary state.
Joe Biden isn’t facing any major competition in the primary cycle, and has won all the Democratic contests so far tonight, CNN projects, as he gears up for a likely rematch with Trump in November.
Nikki Haley, the former US envoy to the United Nations, failed to make a proper impression on Tuesday, even though she received strong support in the state of Vermont, where she won. That victory, however, would do little to diminish Trump’s primary dominance.
To win the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, either of the two candidates needs 1,215 delegates elected in primaries. Before Super Tuesday, Trump had 244 delegates and Haley had 43.
Super Tuesday is an important stage in the presidential primaries, when early polls are closed and electors from several states vote in primaries timed to coincide on the same day. Speaking in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump promised to unite a “very divided country.”
“This was an amazing night and an amazing day, it’s been an incredible period of time in our country’s history. We have a very divided country. We have a country [where] a political person uses weaponisation against his political opponents.”
Haley, the former South Carolina governor, stated that she had not yet made a final decision on whether she would support Trump if she ended her presidential campaign, but her election office was receiving a lot of feedback on the subject.
Trump criticised Haley on Tuesday, claiming she was angry because her campaign was “just getting nowhere.” Trump’s campaign staff also hoped that a final Super Tuesday victory would effectively force Haley out of the race. The Washington Post wrote:
Former president Donald Trump and President Biden are dominating Super Tuesday contests with roughly one-third of the delegates at stake that will determine the Republican and Democratic party nominations. Voters in 15 states are participating in primaries or caucuses.
