Super Tuesday analysis: 5 major takeaways from the biggest primary day of 2024
Primaries and caucuses in 16 states and American Samoa have brought further clarity to a presidential race that has been on a glide path to a rematch of the 2020 election.
Primaries and caucuses in 16 states and American Samoa have brought further clarity to a presidential race that has been on a glide path to a rematch of the 2020 election.
But the Super Tuesday contests also have offered the first clues about down-ballot races that will help determine control of statehouses and Congress this November.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump remain on track to face off again in the fall. Biden continued to outperform marginal opposition for the Democratic nomination. And former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley continued to struggle to win over Republican voters — even in states that on paper seemed more favorable to her — and by Wednesday morning was making plans to end her campaign.
Here’s what we have learned so far:
On a night with few surprises, this one stood out: Biden lost his first contest of 2024 — the American Samoa caucus — to a political unknown, entrepreneur Jason Palmer.
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