Shortly after the first polling stations closed on the so-called Super Tuesday in the United States, former President Donald Trump was declared the winner of the primary election in Virginia, AP reports.
And overnight, Trump continued his winning streak to be named the Republican presidential nominee.
Also in the states of Colorado, Arkansas, Texas, Massachusetts, Alabama, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Maine, he was early declared the winner of, among other things CNN, according to preliminary results.
Now he has also won the delegates in Alaska and Utah, according to Edison Research.
Last chance for Haley
During Super Tuesday, a third of the delegates are at stake when voters in 16 states cast their ballots in the primaries.
Today’s results are therefore a strong indicator of which two will run for the Republicans and the Democrats respectively in the presidential election on November 5.
Super Tuesday has been described as the last chance in the race for Trump’s only challenger – former UN ambassador Nikki Haley.
Haley has previously only won one primary election victory in the capital district of the District of Columbia. When the polls in twelve of the Super Tuesday states closed, she had taken home only one state: Vermont.
Biden superior
Joe Biden, who has no serious challenger on the Democratic side, has so far taken home victories in all voting states except the American territory of Samoa during the night’s battle, according to AP.
But SVT’s foreign reporter Stefan Åsberg tells us that a large number of Democrats have voted blankly, as a protest for Biden’s policy regarding the war in Gaza.
– Many Democrats are concerned about how Biden will be able to get through this incredibly demanding election campaign, he says.
– Both candidates have obvious weaknesses. This election campaign will be about smearing each other, says SVT’s US correspondent Fouad Youcefi.
To become a presidential candidate, a majority of the total of 2,469 delegates is required.
The text is updated.
