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The United States celebrates Super Tuesday, the most important date in the primary calendar, and although there is little suspense over the definition of the candidates’ nominations, Republicans are waiting to know if it is Nikki Haley’s last round against Donald Trump’s favoritism , while the Democrats will measure the protest vote for President Joe Biden, who is seeking re-election.
Voting takes place in fifteen states, including Texas and California, the two that, due to their population, grant the largest number of voting delegates, in addition to other important ones such as Colorado, Virginia, Alabama and Minnesota.
In almost all of them there are inmates from both parties, except in Alaska, which is only Republican; in Iowa, where Democrats vote exclusively, as well as in American Samoa, an archipelago dependent on the United States in the southern Pacific Ocean.
“Super Tuesday is the most important day of the primary nomination process. Given the number of delegates at stake and Trump’s commanding lead heading into that date, it could also represent Haley’s last stand,” explained Christopher A. Cooper, professor of political science at Western Carolina University, based in Carolina. from North.
The possibility of Trump
“Super Tuesday is a very important day on the calendar of American electoral politics. For Republicans, 36 percent of all delegates are elected on this day: 874 out of a total of 2,429. Trump needs 1,215, so he can get a large part and have his nomination almost closed,” said David McCuan, a professor at the University of Sonoma (California) and an expert on American politics.
Although mathematically what happens on Tuesday does not ensure Trump’s nomination, politically it could be the last blow he needs after winning in all the states, including the victory in South Carolina, Haley’s homeland and of which she was governor for six years. .
Despite the constant defeats, Haley confirmed that she is not going to “give up the fight,” with different views on the reason for this decision, ranging from pressure from campaign donors to a political strategy to present herself as an alternative. whether within the Republican Party in 2028 or outside in these elections.
“Haley has vehemently anti-Trump donors who may keep her alive and going for a while. However, it is difficult to see her in the race beyond the moment Trump obtains the necessary delegates,” McCuan, a campaign and election specialist, explained to this agency.
Speculation suggests that the former ambassador to the UN is hoping that the numerous lawsuits her former boss faces will end up undermining him.
“She may decide to stay in the race, in the hope that if Trump is forced to withdraw (for legal or health reasons), she will be the last one standing,” Cooper said.