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| John McCain has won the Republican party's nomination to run for president in November with projected poll wins in Ohio, Vermont, Rhode Island and Texas. | |
| His closest rival, Mike Huckabee, has dropped out of the race and pledged to support Mr McCain's candidacy. | |
| Democratic front-runner Barack Obama is projected to win his party's primary election in Vermont. | |
| But rival Hillary Clinton is expected to take Rhode Island, ending Mr Obama's long winning streak. | |
| US networks say their contest in the larger Ohio poll is too close to call. | |
| Democratic voters in Texas - another key state - have voted in a day-long primary and are now taking part in caucuses. | |
| I think Hillary will win Ohio but by a very small margin, which may not be enough to save her campaign US voter Faith Barrow-Waheed, Cleveland, Ohio Q&A: 'Super Tuesday II'The battle in picturesSend us your predictions With almost half the vote in Vermont counted, Mr McCain had taken 70% of the vote to Mr Huckabee's 17%, while Mr Obama led Mrs Clinton by 59% to 40%. | |
| Mr McCain's wins in three states have given him enough delegates to take him over the threshold of 1,191 needed to claim the nomination at the party's national convention in September. | |
| Speaking at a rally in Texas, Mr Huckabee said: "It's now important that we turn our attention not to what could have been or what we wanted to have been but what now must be, and that is a united party." | |
| For the Democrats, Texas is the biggest prize remaining, with 228 delegates to the nominating party convention in August up for grabs. | For the Democrats, Texas is the biggest prize remaining, with 228 delegates to the nominating party convention in August up for grabs. |
| Voting in the Democratic polls is proportional, meaning that Mrs Clinton needs landslide victories on Tuesday and beyond to catch up with Mr Obama. | Voting in the Democratic polls is proportional, meaning that Mrs Clinton needs landslide victories on Tuesday and beyond to catch up with Mr Obama. |
| An opinion poll published as voting began gave Mrs Clinton a narrow lead in Texas - though within the poll's margin of error. It had the two candidates exactly level in Ohio. | An opinion poll published as voting began gave Mrs Clinton a narrow lead in Texas - though within the poll's margin of error. It had the two candidates exactly level in Ohio. |
| "I feel really good about today," Mrs Clinton told voters in Houston. "I think it's going to turn out well." | "I feel really good about today," Mrs Clinton told voters in Houston. "I think it's going to turn out well." |
| The contest in Ohio remains too close to call for the Democrats | The contest in Ohio remains too close to call for the Democrats |
| She added: "You don't get to the White House as a Democrat without winning Ohio." | She added: "You don't get to the White House as a Democrat without winning Ohio." |
| Between the nationwide Super Tuesday contests on 5 February and the 4 March polls, Mr Obama won 11 contests in succession and leads Mrs Clinton in the delegate count. | Between the nationwide Super Tuesday contests on 5 February and the 4 March polls, Mr Obama won 11 contests in succession and leads Mrs Clinton in the delegate count. |
| Mr Obama seemed confident that he would win in the end. | Mr Obama seemed confident that he would win in the end. |
| "We've got a very sizeable delegate lead that is going to be hard to overcome," he told reporters travelling with him. | "We've got a very sizeable delegate lead that is going to be hard to overcome," he told reporters travelling with him. |
| "You'll recall that when we were running those 11 races in a row the theory was they had to blow us out in Texas and Ohio. I don't think that's going to happen." | "You'll recall that when we were running those 11 races in a row the theory was they had to blow us out in Texas and Ohio. I don't think that's going to happen." |
| Mr Obama has spent twice as much as Mrs Clinton on TV adverts in the state, including a number in Spanish. | Mr Obama has spent twice as much as Mrs Clinton on TV adverts in the state, including a number in Spanish. |
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| According to exit polls for the Associated Press news agency, Hispanics cast nearly a third of the election day votes in Texas - up from a quarter in 2004. In previous contests this year, they have favoured Mrs Clinton. | According to exit polls for the Associated Press news agency, Hispanics cast nearly a third of the election day votes in Texas - up from a quarter in 2004. In previous contests this year, they have favoured Mrs Clinton. |
| African-American voters - who have heavily supported Mr Obama - accounted for about 20% of the votes cast in Texas, the AP said, about the same as four years ago. | African-American voters - who have heavily supported Mr Obama - accounted for about 20% of the votes cast in Texas, the AP said, about the same as four years ago. |
| The economy was the most important issue for Democratic voters in all four states, especially Ohio, according to exit polls. | The economy was the most important issue for Democratic voters in all four states, especially Ohio, according to exit polls. |
| Those polls also suggested Mrs Clinton was doing well among white, blue-collar and older voters in Ohio, which may indicate she has halted Mr Obama's advance into those groups, her core base until recent contests. | Those polls also suggested Mrs Clinton was doing well among white, blue-collar and older voters in Ohio, which may indicate she has halted Mr Obama's advance into those groups, her core base until recent contests. |
| For the Democrats, a total of 370 delegates are at stake in the four races, including 67 in Texas's caucuses, which were due to begin after the day-long primary vote. | For the Democrats, a total of 370 delegates are at stake in the four races, including 67 in Texas's caucuses, which were due to begin after the day-long primary vote. |
| Mr Obama had 1,386 delegates to Mrs Clinton's 1,276 going into Tuesday's contests, the AP calculated. A total of 2,025 is needed to secure the Democratic Party's nomination. | Mr Obama had 1,386 delegates to Mrs Clinton's 1,276 going into Tuesday's contests, the AP calculated. A total of 2,025 is needed to secure the Democratic Party's nomination. |
| Mrs Clinton insists she can go all the way to the White House Clinton's campaign ad | Mrs Clinton insists she can go all the way to the White House Clinton's campaign ad |
| The New York senator and former first lady has played down suggestions she is facing a make-or-break moment. | The New York senator and former first lady has played down suggestions she is facing a make-or-break moment. |
| The BBC's Kevin Connolly, in Ohio's state capital, Columbus, says the struggle between the two senators remains fierce and close, and it is far from certain that America will get the clear outcome from these latest battles that it craves. | The BBC's Kevin Connolly, in Ohio's state capital, Columbus, says the struggle between the two senators remains fierce and close, and it is far from certain that America will get the clear outcome from these latest battles that it craves. |
| Mrs Clinton has focused her attacks on Mr Obama's foreign policy and national security experience, echoing a campaign advert asking who would respond better to a national emergency in the middle of the night. | Mrs Clinton has focused her attacks on Mr Obama's foreign policy and national security experience, echoing a campaign advert asking who would respond better to a national emergency in the middle of the night. |
| Mr Obama, senator for Illinois, has countered that with an advert questioning Mrs Clinton's judgement in supporting the invasion of Iraq from the start. | Mr Obama, senator for Illinois, has countered that with an advert questioning Mrs Clinton's judgement in supporting the invasion of Iraq from the start. |