Clinton, Sanders To Visit Massachusetts Ahead Of Primary

For Sanders, the roughly 50-point defeat crystalized his weakness with black voters, a crucial segment of the Democratic electorate. “People could jump out of the Republican primary and say, ‘I’m going to send a message to Hillary Clinton and vote for Bernie'”.

Clinton leads Sanders 544 to 85 among delegates and super-delegates (party leaders and elected officials) who will formally choose the party’s nominee at the Democratic National Convention in July.

If Sanders can win all five of his winnable states tomorrow, it might offer him a bridge to March 5, where Kansas and Nebraska look good for him; March 6, where ME should be in the bag for Bernie; and then March 8 and March 15, where big labor-oriented states plus Florida offer a very different kind of challenge.

See more on the SC primary night in this report from senior political reporter, Bob Buckley.

A lot of those Southern states “are states that we expect to do well in”, said Jen Palmieri, the campaign’s communications director.

The rout was both politically and psychologically meaningful for Mrs Clinton and her allies, who have been waiting for a moment that validated her candidacy with the level of unqualified intensity that SC delivered.

Like Clinton, Trump has won three of the four early voting contests.

Mr Cruz acknowledged that a strong showing by Mr Trump on Tuesday could perhaps seal the nomination for the real estate magnate.

Texas has the largest number of delegates in play (222 on the Democratic side and 155 on the Republican side.) Alaska and Vermont have the fewest.

Over the weekend, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio continued to go on the attack against GOP front runner Donald Trump.

The Republican candidates fired insults at each other Saturday.

Trump was asked Sunday whether he rejected support from David Duke, the former KKK Grand Dragon after Duke told his radio followers that a vote against Trump was equivalent to “treason to your heritage”. These openings come after Sanders only received 26 percent of the votes in the SC primary.

Clinton is the choice of 54.4 percent of likely Democratic primary voters, while Sanders garners support from 24.2 percent.

On Tuesday, Republicans will vote in 11 states, with 595 delegates at stake.

She also won most women and voters aged 30 and older, according to exit polls.

Unlike other campaigns which rely heavily on wealthy donors who give the maximum allowed by law, more than 99.9 percent of Sanders’ donors can give again. Independent voters could be a wildcard.

That same day, Sanders will rally supporters just outside of the city in Milton.