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Some results from yesterday's Super Tuesday primary are coming in. Unsurprisingly, Biden and Trump won big in their respective races. Neither candidate totally ran the table, though. Joe Biden came in second in the territory of American Samoa, and Donald Trump came in second to Nikki Haley in Vermont. Despite her first-place showing in Vermont, though, where she leads Trump 50% to 46%, Haley announced today she has suspended her campaign.
My reaction? It's about time! It's been obvious for weeks she's not going to win this thing. She's won two states, Vermont and DC, while Trump has won the rest— and generally by very lopsided margins. Even in Haley's home state of South Carolina, where she served as governor for 6 years, Trump drubbed her by 20 points in the primary. In terms of the delegate math he's won more than 90% of the delegates pledged and, with his Super Tuesday wins, now has more than 80% of the delegates needed to clinch the nomination. Example news coverage: Super Tuesday 2024 full coverage (Yahoo! News, updated 6 Mar 2024).
In other Super Tuesday news, here in California the top two candidates who advance to the general election for US Senate are Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey. It seems Schiff's gambit to campaign for Garvey helped. Schiff came in first with 33% of the vote and Garvey is close behind at 32%. Rounding out the leading contenders, Katie Porter came in 3rd with 14%, and Barbara Lee finished 4th with 7%. I actually threw the lever for Lee (with second-order logic behind that choice) so nominally it's a loss for me, but I'll be satisfied to vote for Schiff in November.
My reaction? It's about time! It's been obvious for weeks she's not going to win this thing. She's won two states, Vermont and DC, while Trump has won the rest— and generally by very lopsided margins. Even in Haley's home state of South Carolina, where she served as governor for 6 years, Trump drubbed her by 20 points in the primary. In terms of the delegate math he's won more than 90% of the delegates pledged and, with his Super Tuesday wins, now has more than 80% of the delegates needed to clinch the nomination. Example news coverage: Super Tuesday 2024 full coverage (Yahoo! News, updated 6 Mar 2024).
In other Super Tuesday news, here in California the top two candidates who advance to the general election for US Senate are Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey. It seems Schiff's gambit to campaign for Garvey helped. Schiff came in first with 33% of the vote and Garvey is close behind at 32%. Rounding out the leading contenders, Katie Porter came in 3rd with 14%, and Barbara Lee finished 4th with 7%. I actually threw the lever for Lee (with second-order logic behind that choice) so nominally it's a loss for me, but I'll be satisfied to vote for Schiff in November.
