Candidates tussle on ‘Super Tuesday 2’
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VOTERS began going to the polls yesterday in five make-or-break presidential nominating contests, with Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton seeking to tighten their grip as their party’s frontrunners.
Polls opened in North Carolina, Ohio, Florida, Illinois and Missouri in an event dubbed “Super Tuesday 2.”
Trump is seeking to push one or two of his rivals out of the race, while Clinton hopes to fend off a resurgent Bernie Sanders and assert her claim as the party’s all-but-certain presidential nominee.
“I love you Ohio. You can make the difference!” Trump said at a late Monday rally at the Youngstown airport — a last minute push which suggested he viewed the Midwestern state as his closest of the five races.
Violent clashes at Trump rallies over the weekend had dominated the headlines, with rivals in both parties accusing the real estate mogul of creating a toxic environment.
The latest polls showed the Republican frontrunner poised to win yesterday’s contests, although Ohio’s Governor John Kasich held a narrow lead in his state in some surveys.
A Kasich victory in Ohio could be the last chance to derail Trump’s march to July’s Republican nomination, especially as yesterday marked the point when the party moves to a winner-takes-all format in terms of the delegates accorded for each primary win.
Trump struck a blue-collar tone as he urged Ohio to reject their popular governor, saying he was better positioned to re-invigorate the state’s economy.
“Your steel industry is dead,” Trump said. “I’m going to bring your industry back.”
Florida, Illinois and Ohio are the day’s biggest prizes for both parties, as each state offers large delegate hauls.
Among Democrats, if polls prove accurate, Clinton will extend her lead over Sanders. She is comfortably ahead in Florida, but in Ohio only has a five-point lead, according to one poll.
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