United States President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump played through more than a dozen states on Super Tuesday. It’s increasing pressure on the former president’s last major rival, Nikki Haley, to leave the Republican race.
Their win from coast to coast, including the delegate-rich states of California and Texas, left doubt about the direction of the race.
Haley won Vermont but Donald Trump carried other states that might have been favorable to her such as Virginia, Massachusetts, and Maine, which have large swaths of voters like those who have backed her in previous primaries.
The only contest Biden lost Tuesday was the Democratic caucus in American Samoa, a tiny U.S. territory in the South Pacific Ocean.
Joe Biden was defeated by previously unknown candidate Jason Palmer, 51 votes to 40. Both the 81-year-old Biden and the 77-year-old Trump continue to dominate their parties despite facing questions about age and neither having broad popularity across the general electorate.
Haley watched the election results in private and had no campaign events scheduled. ‘The results reflected there were many Republicans who are expressing deep concerns about Donald Trump’, said Haley’s campaign.
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