After South Carolina, GOP race becomes Trump’s to lose

So far, nothing has damaged Donald Trump’s presidential run – not the attention focused on his derogatory comments about fellow Republican candidates, not footage of him uttering various profanities, not even a verbal smackdown by Pope Francis.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush suspended his campaign after poor showings in Iowa, New Hampshire and SC.

The South Carolina primary uses a hybrid system to allocate delegates, a system which has massively benefited Trump in the race for the Republican party nomination.

While Donald Trump won Saturday’s GOP primary in SC with 32.5 percent of the vote, the real battle was for second place. Sen.

Attention in SC turns to those Democrats after Republican primary voters sent Donald Trump to his second straight election victory. “And I want to tell you, that’s a great compliment to the country, because we have such a low voter turnout compared to a lot of other countries”, he said.

As SC is victor takes all by Congressional District and statewide, Trump’s victory means he will take at least 47 of SC’s 50 delegates, and possibly all 50.

“If you are a conservative, this is where you belong, because only one strong conservative is in a position to win this race”, Cruz said.

He was overtaken in the polls by Mr Trump and Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who sold themselves as anti-establishment alternatives to his mainstream candidacy.

By winning both SC and New Hampshire and holding leads in the 11 states that vote on March 1, Trump was arguably on track to win the nomination, an outcome that seemed astounding to contemplate when he got into the race last summer. At a raucous victory rally in Las Vegas, she lavished praise on her supporters and declared, “This one is for you”.

Right now, it is a three-way race between Trump, Cruz, and Rubio. I’m still going with the fat lady. Most important, he cleared 20 percent of the vote – a crucial delegate threshold for many Southern states on Super Tuesday (although not SC tonight).

Rubio also knocked Trump for not exhibiting much knowledge of foreign policy.

Pierson also hit Rubio’s immigration record, and downplayed his second place finish in SC.

Despite losing Nevada, Sanders said he still has political momentum and will shock USA political analysts and win the Democratic nomination.

More than half of the 2,383 delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination will be determined in the 28 states that hold primaries and caucuses in March. More worrying for his opponents within the Republican Party is the fact that Trump is now leading in virtually all of the 13 regions that will be voting on Super Tuesday. The immediate result of this will be fewer “Clinton campaign in crisis” stories before the party’s own primary in SC in a week’s time.

Clinton shook off some of the anxieties shadowing her campaign with a solid victory in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses.