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| Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton celebrate Super Tuesday success – live | Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton celebrate Super Tuesday success – live |
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| A hometown hero, but not just in Vermont – Sanders also won Oklahoma, Colorado and Minnesota, and he came very close in Massachusetts. With all states awarding Democratic delegates proportionately, Sanders stays in the race – without really showing signs of being able to expand his appeal in a way that could spell national success. Not yet at least. | |
| Per our math, Sanders would need to win 59% of remaining delegates to catch Clinton -- under a proportional system https://t.co/pQA3Io83Tr | |
| Local coverage of "Hometown Hero" Bernie Sanders on Super Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/1M59PA8ooq | |
| Share of popular vote within their party thus far:Bernie Sanders: ~38%Donald Trump: ~35% | |
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| at 3.33pm GMT | |
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| Reid: Trump is the Republicans' Frankenstein | |
| [Yes pedants, he means Frankenstein’s monster.] | |
| Here’s quite a scene on the Senate floor. Minority leader Harry Reid says Republicans spent “eight years laying the ground work for the rise of Donald Trump. The reality is that Republican leaders are reaping what they’ve sown.” | |
| “The Republican establishment acts like it is surprised by Donald Trump and his victories around the country. They feign outrage that a demagogue spewing vile... is somehow winning in a party that has spent years telling immigrants they’re not welcome in America. They act surprised that Republican voters are flocking to a birther candidate even as Republican congressional leaders continue to support a man who refuses to distance himself from the Ku Klux Klan...” | |
| .@senatorreid on @realdonaldtrump: "It's time for Republicans to stop the Frankenstein they created." https://t.co/wtwILEbe9a | |
| Trump said repeatedly last night that he disavows the support of former KKK leader David Duke. | |
| "The Republican Party condemns racism in all its forms""Will you guys restore the Voting Rights Act?""Hang on my earpiece is broken" | |
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| at 3.25pm GMT | |
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| Black voters provide big boost to Clinton | |
| Hillary Clinton lost Oklahoma to Bernie Sanders by 10 points last night – and fell even further short of the share of the vote she got in the state back in 2008, during her losing race against Barack Obama. | |
| But in the southern states of Virginia and Alabama, Clinton improved enormously on her 2008 performance, pointing up the power of the African American vote for her this time around and the power of the same support for Obama last time. | |
| Last night, Clinton’s margin over Sanders among African American voters in Alabama was an amazing 92-6, and in Virginia it was 84-16. | |
| (h/t: @kenandavis) | |
| 1.58pm GMT | 1.58pm GMT |
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| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. With Super Tuesday behind us, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton appear to be extremely strong contenders for their parties’ respective nominations – but the race isn’t over yet. | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. With Super Tuesday behind us, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton appear to be extremely strong contenders for their parties’ respective nominations – but the race isn’t over yet. |
| A large and thorough Ted Cruz win in his home state of Texas kept him in contention in the delegate race, and a couple of bonus wins in Oklahoma and Alaska will bolster his case that he is the most viable anti-Trump candidate on the landscape. (Visit our comprehensive results page here.) | A large and thorough Ted Cruz win in his home state of Texas kept him in contention in the delegate race, and a couple of bonus wins in Oklahoma and Alaska will bolster his case that he is the most viable anti-Trump candidate on the landscape. (Visit our comprehensive results page here.) |
| Bernie Sanders won in four states, meanwhile, stopping Clinton from running away with the nomination even as he fell further and further behind in the delegate count. | Bernie Sanders won in four states, meanwhile, stopping Clinton from running away with the nomination even as he fell further and further behind in the delegate count. |
| The latest delegate count, as tallied by the Associated Press: | The latest delegate count, as tallied by the Associated Press: |
| Trump has amassed 285 delegates, Ted Cruz 161, and Marco Rubio, 87. It takes 1,237 delegates to win the GOP nomination. | Trump has amassed 285 delegates, Ted Cruz 161, and Marco Rubio, 87. It takes 1,237 delegates to win the GOP nomination. |
| On the Democratic side, Clinton had at least 1,005 delegates, Sanders 373. It takes 2,383 Democratic delegates to win. | On the Democratic side, Clinton had at least 1,005 delegates, Sanders 373. It takes 2,383 Democratic delegates to win. |
| The candidate who looks to have the most difficult sell to make is Florida senator Marco Rubio, whose Minnesota win last night seems underwhelming in light of morning, who has about half the delegates Cruz does, and who failed to demonstrate that he is the preference of voters in places like Virginia, with its strong presence of the party establishment and cross-section of Republican voters as a whole. | The candidate who looks to have the most difficult sell to make is Florida senator Marco Rubio, whose Minnesota win last night seems underwhelming in light of morning, who has about half the delegates Cruz does, and who failed to demonstrate that he is the preference of voters in places like Virginia, with its strong presence of the party establishment and cross-section of Republican voters as a whole. |
| Clinton capitalized enormously on support from African American voters, who gave her 60- to 80-point margins over Sanders throughout the south. | Clinton capitalized enormously on support from African American voters, who gave her 60- to 80-point margins over Sanders throughout the south. |
| Related: 10 things we learned from Super Tuesday | Related: 10 things we learned from Super Tuesday |
| While the nominations aren’t cinched, it was clear on Tuesday night that the general election campaign had begun. In a victory speech, Clinton said the challenge was not to make America great again but to “make America whole again”. | While the nominations aren’t cinched, it was clear on Tuesday night that the general election campaign had begun. In a victory speech, Clinton said the challenge was not to make America great again but to “make America whole again”. |
| “She wants to make America whole again,” Trump retorted in a speech of his own. “I’m trying to figure out what is that all about.” | “She wants to make America whole again,” Trump retorted in a speech of his own. “I’m trying to figure out what is that all about.” |
| Related: Donald Trump marches on as Hillary Clinton sweeps south on Super Tuesday | Related: Donald Trump marches on as Hillary Clinton sweeps south on Super Tuesday |
| New Jersey governor Chris Christie, whose constituents are asking him to resign and who has emerged as Trump’s top caddie, raised concerns on the internet last night by the look of doom on his face as he stood behind Trump during the winner’s speech. | New Jersey governor Chris Christie, whose constituents are asking him to resign and who has emerged as Trump’s top caddie, raised concerns on the internet last night by the look of doom on his face as he stood behind Trump during the winner’s speech. |
| Related: Chris Christie draws ridicule over transformation into Trump's stooge | Related: Chris Christie draws ridicule over transformation into Trump's stooge |
| Trump Your Enthusiasm pic.twitter.com/cPeweKwgVD | Trump Your Enthusiasm pic.twitter.com/cPeweKwgVD |
| Can Chris Christie hold up a copy of a newspaper so that we know the hostage video was taken recently? | |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.09pm GMT |