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We begin in texas, where everything is bigger, even its outsize role in politics. Ted cruz edging out a victory in his home state, considered a must win to remain viable in this campaign. But the night still belongs to donald trump, with an impressive lead in states across the country tonight. A projected victory in vermont. Also winning big in the south, in georgia, alabama, and tennessee. Paula faris is at trump headquarters with the road ahead. Paula . Reporter hi, juju. Well, the trump camp is they say what really stood out to them, the number of firsttime voters and crossover voters that voted for donald trump on super tuesday. What cant be lost in the significance of all of this is that this event, his Campaign Headquarters are in florida at owns. This is a state that votes exactly two weeks from today, a state where he has a commanding lead over marco rubio. Remember, this is marco rubios home state. So the fact that this was a big night for donald trump but he clearly has his eyes set on the next couple of weeks. Paula, thanks. Lets take a look at the numbers tonight. Donald trump also projected to win in virginia as well as massachusetts. A round of crushing losses, though, for marco rubio tonight. He managed to garner a projected victory in minnesota but ted cruz beating out rubio and trum top take oklahoma as well. And on the democratic side Hillary Clinton steamrolling through the south picking up a projected win in delegaterich texas and projected victories in arkansas. At the clinton victory rally tonight, abcs matt gutman is in miami tonight with the latest. Matt . Reporter well, this isnt so much a victory speech by Hillary Clinton but it did seem like a speech by a victor, hugely energized crowd that cheered every time they heard that state. They booed when they heard donald trump was winning. And the guts of her speech was really about landing body blows she didnt mention him by name but she mentioned everything that he has done. The crowd booing when they heard all the things that he has said. She really projected herself as a uniting candidate. That was what we saw in the crowd here, a very diverse crowd. Of course florida very important for Hillary Clinton. Looking forward to march 15th. Hugely rich delegate pool here of 246 possible delegates. She hopes to win as many of them as possible and maybe clinch this race. Juju. Matt gutman in florida tonight. Thanks. Mrs. Clinton winning decisively win in massachusetts. But Bernie Sanders winning big in his home state of vermont. Also getting projected wins in oklahoma, coloradok, and minnesota. But even with those wins a closer look at the delegate count tells a different story. Clinton pulling ahead in what her camp is hoping could now be an insurmountable lead. As for the republicans, trump consolidating his frontrunner showing. But lets go back to texas. Senator ted cruz holding on to his crucial home state. The question now, is this make or break win enough to counter Donald Trumps momentum coming off a big night . My nightline coanchor byron pitts is there tonight. Byron. Reporter good evening, juju. Ted cruz made the case to his supporters tonight that after two wins that he is the best republican alternative to donald trump. But the mood here in the room was less celebratory and more relief. That yes, he won. But many here dont see the math to winning the nomination. The big winner by all accounts donald trump. Already weve won five major states. Thank you all so very much reporter theyre the presumptive nominees. Now this campaign moves forward to the crescent city, the motor city, and beyond. Reporter super tuesday. The single biggest day of voting in the president ial race thus far. Vote ford marco rubio. Donald trump because i believe as a businessman he can make a big difference to us in this country. Reporter but the other candidates were trying to make a difference today too. In the race for votes, that is. Thank you very much. Reporter hoping to dethrone frontrunner donald trump. Donald trump thinks Vladimir Putins a great guy. Trump talks admiringly of the way the Chinese Government cracked down on the Chinese People in tiananmen square. If you dont want to see donald trump as the nominee, if you dont want us to give this election to Hillary Clinton, then i ask you to stand with us today. Reporter even Bernie Sanders getting a jab in on trump. The Political Revolution is about bringing our people together. Trumps of the world to divide us up. Reporter i spoke to cruz today amidst the hustle and bustle at his polling location in houston. This is a big day for you, right . Im encouraged. Reporter he stopped to address the latest trump controversy. Former ku klux klan leader david dukes endorsement of donald trump. Bigotry and the klan has no place in public discourse, in politics, and i think anyone should have been willing to immediately denounce the klan. And it was unfortunate that he didnt do so. Hes better than that. And he should have done that. Donald trump, he joins us now. Reporter but today on Good Morning America trump vehemently denied embracing dukes support. I disavowed him on friday. I disavowed him right after that because i thought if there was any question, and you take a look at twitter, almost immediately after on twitter and facebook they were disavowed again. Reporter in fact, in his eyes trump has done a lot for diversity. There is nobody thats done so much for equality as i have. You take a look at palm beach, florida. I built the mara lago club, totally open to everybody. Reporter but that doesnt get him out of here, please. Get him out. Reporter yesterday he insisted a protester be removed. Asking are you from mexico . Are you from mexico . Right smack in the middle of my punchline reporter trumps latest antics and rhetoric seem to be once again working for him tonight. Last night trumps wife melania rebuffed ideas that her husband is a racist. When you hear, you know, people saying hes racist, hearing him saying hes antiimmigrant, what do you no, hes not. Hes not racist. Hes not antiimmigrant. He wants to keep america safe. Reporter despite not calling trump by name, today more signs of panic in the gop. The speaker of the house, paul ryan, sending a clear message to his party. If a person wants to be the nominee of the Republican Party, there can be no evasion and no games. They must reject any group or cause that is built on bigotry. Reporter and yet trump seems a master at playing the race try to play on his level. Ive never seen a human being sweat like he sweats. Reporter a new marco rubio in recent days, taking on trumps proportions, literally. And you know what they say about men with small hands. You cant trust them. Reporter his pores. He doesnt sweat because his pores are clogged from the spray tan that he uses. Reporter and his policy, almost. Donald is not going to make America Great. Hes going to make america orange. Bullies need to be stood up to. I was proud and happy to do it. But its not going to change my campaign and what were about. Reporter Vice President joe biden weighing in tonight on the divide in the gop. I want to thank donald trump. [ laughter ] thats a joke. The stuff hes doing and others including cruz and others, hes making the American People look in the mirror. And the American People are honest. When they look in the mirror, they see whats looking back at them. On trump may have not worked out for rubio, perhaps they did for tonight. Donald trumps path to the nomination remains more likely. And that would be a disaster for republicans. Reporter and Chris Christies winning social media tonight. The hashtag free Chris Christie trending after christies awkward looks at the Trump Press Conference drew mockery. Tonight trump might consider a turn of focus. Hillary clinton. Once we get all of this one person. Thats Hillary Clinton. Reporter a new cnn orc poll out today indicates that trump would lose against democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton in the general election. After icing the media for 88 days, clinton finally taking questions from reporters today. Im going to keep going. Ive got a lot of work to do between now and next tuesday and the tuesday after that. Reporter now it seems hillary has one eye on sanders and one eye on trump, as we head into the november election. Clintons advisers and strategists highlighted a plan to test ads that would portray trump as a misogynist and an enemy to the working class whose brash temper would put the nation and the world in grave danger. Tonight Hillary Clinton taking a subtle jab at trump. I believe what we need in America Today is more love and kindness. Instead of building walls, were going to break down barriers. Reporter trump in typical form was much more direct. I watched hillarys speech. And shes talking about wages have been poor and everythings poor and everythings doing badly but were going to make long. Straightened it out by now, shes not going to straighten it out in the next four years. Its just going to become worse and worse. From texas. Up next, as trump continues to consolidate his lead, cruz lives to fight another day. But can rubio survive . And how much is the republican establishment trying to stop the frontrunner . Snuggling up after is kinda nice too. But heres the thing about half of men over 40 have some degree of erectile dysfunction. Well, viagra helps guys with ed get and keep an erection. Ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. Do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain or adempas for pulmonary hypertension. 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I mean, he had won new hampshire. He had won south carolina. But this was the big day. This was the delegate haul in the course of this. This has been an amazing evening. Already weve won five major states, and it looks like we could win six or seven or eight or nine. The great thing for donald trump is not only is he accumulating delegates but because the other candidates in the course of this won a certain share, marco rubio and ted cruz, it makes them live another day. And if four candidates live another day, its helpful for donald trump. Whos to say that marco rubio is going to win his home state of florida . Absolutely. So far hes behind in the polls. John kasich is counting on his home state of ohio. But hes behind in the polls there. Some of them. This could go to the convention. Okay. So bill kristol, you have been trying to stop donald trump for some time. First i guess you were a little bit in denial. Right. But can he be stopped . I kind of like being in denial. Its generally a healthy psychological state often compared to facing reality. I think he can be stopped. Counting even the first four states, which voted before tonight, looks like hes going to have about 35 to 36 of the popular vote cast so far, about 40 , 42 of the delegates so far. Hes an boff 50 . Its very hard to see any of the other candidates getting above 50 . I dont think its true that getting another candidates out helps the antitrump cause at this point because you need to keep him from getting 50. Yes. One of the Big Questions of this entire campaign is we now see actually tonight announced a big renewed effort to stop donald trump. What took so long . Why now . Might have been better there was too much tactical thinking about gee, if i take trump down here, well help cruz, and i prefer rubio or i prefer kasich or i prefer jeb bush. Think about this. Jeb bush, theyre now going to put in 10, 20, 30 million dollars, which is a lot of money for people like you and me. But jeb bushs super pac had 120 million. Very little on trump very little on trump. Its a waste of money. Matt said today, hes redefining the Republican Party. Hes energizing the republican electorate. So all of this money is just going to just melt away because i think donald trump has found a way to not just grab those voters who are disgusted with the politics in the Republican Party but hes been able to tap into something that might even give democrats a little bit of heartburn. They have not come up with one disciplined argument against donald trump that has been exercised and done in a concerted way day in and day out. Its all been all over the map. Even marco rubios last week, which was some tiny bit of substance but mostly name calling that i dont think was helpful for marco rubio as weve seen in the results tonight. We will win florida. Im confident of that. Especially when we have two weeks to explain to the people of the state just exactly what were getting with donald trump. A worldclass con artist. I think they have not had the ability to exercise one argument that was definitive against jeb bush spent 77 million in Television Advertising and didnt rate double digits. I think that television stations are getting rich off of false promises because its not working. The only thing i would say is every other frontrunner has survived a huge assault on television, and we dont know what would happen if real money were put behind some of these attacks and exposing of the true record of donald trump. Before we wrap up, a big night for Hillary Clinton, though. How big . Huge. I believe deeply that if we resist the forces trying to drive us apart we can come together to make this country work for everyone. The struggling. The striving and the successful. If we all do our part, we can restore our common faith in our common future. So Hillary Clinton will accumulate a lot of delegates, and as we learned eight years ago, once you begin to pick up delegates, its very hard for its very hard for him to play catchup. Is it over . No, its not quite over, but we have a lot of states at play, similar to what we saw tonight. Mississippi, louisiana, North Carolina states that states that once again will give her a lot of delegates. All right. Well, were out of time. Juju, back to you. Our thanks to our political Powerhouse Team for the postgame analysis. Up next, david muir breaking down the vote. What the exit polls are saying voters have on their minds. Ill be right back. Be good. Text mom. Boys have been really good today. Send. Lets get mark his own cell phone. Nice. Send. Brad could use a new bike. Send. [google ] message. You decide. Theyre your kids. Why are you guys texting grandma . It was him. It was him. Keep your family connected. From volkswagen. Pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. 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When asked on the flip side should the next president have experience in politics . 81 of democratic voters said yes this super tuesday. Only 39 of Republican Voters said yes to experience going in. And those who wanted experience in the democratic side, look at the breakdown. 69 went to Hillary Clinton. 30 Bernie Sanders. Experience versus outsider on this super tuesday. Lets take a look at the coalition that the clinton camp victories tonight. Hillary clinton winning among men 5345. Fairly close, though. When you break down the women you can see the gap much wider. 65 to sanders 33 . Among white voters very close tonight. Hillary clinton 50 to Bernie Sanders 48 . Again, when you break down the black voters, hispanic voters, the gap much wider. Hillary clinton 83 to sanders 15 . And then hispanic voters 67 to sanders at 33 . Make no mistake, this is going to be the coalition that the clinton team wants to use as they continue to move forward. Mow, on the last question of when on the republican side the voters made up their mind, if they made up their mind a month or so ago, look at this, donald trump 48 of those. 27 for ted cruz. Marco rubio 13 . So Donald Trump Holding the Republican Voters, the majority of them who decided some time ago. Weve seen all this mudslinging in the last 24, 48 hours. Marco rubio trying to deliver some of what trump typically dishes out right back to him. Of these late deciders in the last couple of days it seemed to work. A split right down the middle. Rubio, cruz. Donald trump 24 of late deciders. The attacks appear to have worked. The only question, was it too little too late. Juju, back to you. Thanks, david. And thank you for watching this special edition of nightline on super tuesday. Tune in to gma first thing in the morning. And as always, were online 24 7 on our Nightline Facebook page and at abcnews. Com. For some of you up next is abc progress. But, that work that work is not to make America Great again, america never stopped being great. [ cheers ] we have to make america whole we have to fill in fill in whats been hollowed out. We have the beginnings of a general Election Debate right there between donald trump and Hillary Clinton. She won in the state of alabama. Big win, 79. To 18. On the strength of the africanamerican vote. In tennessee. In texas, latino votes strong for Hillary Clinton as well. Home state of arkansas, lived there for 18 years, bill clinton of course governor of that state and virginia as well a key swing state in the general election. Clinton tonight. Break through in the northeast, a win in massachusetts. Im here with cecilia vega, you covered that campaign from the start. This one was the one that mattered the most. This is one they were hoping to win. Clearly, theyre claiming victory and very happy about this. This is also the state that Bernie Sanders needed to win. If he couldnt win in massachusetts, where can he win big . That didnt happen for him tonight. The road to super tuesday success for Hillary Clinton was