Trump, Clinton Look Toward Nominations

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are riding high.

Both candidates won the majority of states during Super Tuesday voting picking up essential delegates to each party’s nomination.

Trump saw big wins in 7 of the 11 states voting yesterday, and now leads the delegate count on all Republicans with 285. Ted Cruz follows in second for the conservatives with 161.

For the Democrats, Hillary Clinton claimed most of the delegates for the night. The former secretary of state holds the delegate count 1,001 to 371 over self-described democratic socialist Bernie Sanders. Clinton claimed victories in 7 of the 11 states,  many of them in the south. Sanders claimed four victories on the night, including his home state of Vermont.

Political analysts now say that for Trump, the only way to lose is if he drops to third place or less in many upcoming states, like Ohio, Michigan, and Florida. However, the outsider businessman candidate has had impressive victories lately, and is making the republican establishment worried.

Phone calls went out yesterday to many households across America, to donate to an anti-Trump campaign, whose sole job is to air TV ads and hold rallies that focus on how Trump would “make America bad again.” Second and third place candidates like Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are also making more personal insults towards Trump, in an attempt to take him down.

For the democrats, Clinton’s emergence towards the nomination is not surprising. Despite Bernie Sanders momentum in the last few weeks, the former first lady has had assistance from her husband, former President Bill Clinton, campaigning. The two typically split up to cover more states in an effort have more rallies for Clinton.

Many analysts have spoken out that Bernie Sanders will need to start desperately winning states in order to come close to receiving a chance at the nomination, however Clinton’s large superdelegate count from other high ranking Democrats, may put her in the spotlight for the nomination.

The next states to vote are Kansas, Louisiana, and Nebraska on March 5th, in what is said to be a very important date for Sanders, Cruz, and Rubio, who need desperate wins to pick up critical delegates in the race.