Alec Pratt
March 1, 2016
Unit 3
Super Tuesday: CNN projects Clinton wins Georgia, Virginia; Sanders takes Vermont
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/01/politics/super-tuesday-highlights/index.html
As the race for the Oval Office in 2016 continues, candidates are becoming more desperate to win delegates and votes from those through the country. Super Tuesday is one the most important primary days in the election cycle. The recent projections and results from these primaries have gone to show major increase in the delegate counts for both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Other candidates are considered to be getting small, but still very important delegates from these primaries. Candidates like Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio need these delegates if they wish to continue to run and actually have a chance of getting the nomination.
In order to be the nominee for a party, candidates must have a majority of delegates at the their respective national convention. Today, many voters casted their votes for who they wish to be the nominee. Super Tuesday is such a vital component to the presidential race. hile these primaries only give their delegates out proportionally, winning a lot of delegates is major to win the nomination. Republicans need 1237 delegates at the convention in order to win the majority. Donald Trump, the Republican front runner, has still under 100 delegates. Gaining a lot of delegates from these primaries will be monumental for his campaign. In other campaigns, a win in Texas would be critical for the Senator Ted Cruz, and a win in Virginia would be important for Senator Marco Rubio, seeing he has not won a single primary or caucus. In the Democratic side, the recent dominance by Hillary Clinton has started to seperate her from Bernie Sanders. Hillary has been projected to win important states Georgia, Virginia and Texas. Senator Sanders is projected to only have won so far Vermont (These projections are all at the time of this blog being written, and may not be factual.)The media has held low coverage to these primaries and caucuses due to the large influence media has on voting, and how much these votes matter to the nominee process. All results from these primaries and caucuses are very important to the continuation of candidates campaigns. It is predicted that all candidates,excluding Dr. Ben Carson, are to remain in the race even without major wins today.
As the race for the Oval Office in 2016 continues, candidates are becoming more desperate to win delegates and votes from those through the country. Super Tuesday is one the most important primary days in the election cycle. The recent projections and results from these primaries have gone to show major increase in the delegate counts for both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Other candidates are considered to be getting small, but still very important delegates from these primaries. Candidates like Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio need these delegates if they wish to continue to run and actually have a chance of getting the nomination.
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