Nominee. How it could influence the race to replace the republican leader. And the record busting billions that president ial campaigns will pour into buying a mountain of negative ads. Can all that money buy a winning message or is it just so much white noise . Msnbc chief political analyst chuck todd will join me to talk about that, and why it may takes weeks to get an answer. We start with today, the official start of the rematch most voters say they didnt want. Joe biden versus donald trump, an unprecedented race in extraordinary ways. To candidates, older than any in history, both extremely wellknown yet deeply disliked facing a polarized electorate and toxic political climate, and yet they have essentially cemented their partys nominations even before they have the delegates to make it official. Trump is now the presumptive nominee, after this morning nikki haley suspended her Campaign Congratulating but not endorsing trump with a warning that seemed to directly target him. Our c
In the primary calendar that in previous cycles has given us a clear indication of which candidates will win their parties president ial nomination. But this year, there is far less suspense. Both parties have already steered us to who their nominees will be, as biden and trump cruised through the early voting states. The republican president ial candidate nikki haley is still in the race, for now, but the expectations are low. These are the states voting today. The us territory of american samoa, also staging a democratic caucus, tuesday is also the last day for democrats in iowa to mail in their primary ballots. Almost a third of the delegates will be up for grabs on Super Tuesday. On the republican side of the ledger, the winning candidate needs 1,215 delegates to capture the nomination. A clean sweep today would put donald trump within touching distance of the nomination. And if the polling is right, then the 2024 election will be the contest 70 of the country didnt want. Biden ver
Its the biggest election day of the year so far. Welcome to cnns Special Coverage of super tuesday im wolf blitzer in washington and im kate bolduan in new york. The first polls are closing in just a few hours from now. And turnout in states like North Carolina is strong as millions of americans and six next extreme states are now voting for republicans. It is a big day, 865 delegates are at stake. Donald trump expected to win most of them making the republican front runner almost unstoppable potentially. By the end of this light tonight, trump is expected to be within striking distance of the 1,215 delegates needed to win the republican president ial nomination, which raises the big question, what does nikki haley do next . Our less than an hour will be getting our first early clues about the outcome of tonights vote. Thats where we get the first results from our exit polls. We have our reporters fanned out across the nation right now is better. Voters are heading to the polls. I want
Any more electionselections. Voters are not just choosing between the candidates but making critical decisions about the basic fundamentals of the democracy. Polling in the last knew 2024 primaries show us everything show us that donald trump will defeat nikki haley by significant margins. And Super Tuesday will perhaps mark this days away from Trump Clinching the republican nomination officially. That means today will, if nothing else, crystallize the choices that americans face in november. This between two president s, one current, one former. One president who has an agenda that commands broad public support. His commitment to our democracy and our institutions has never been in doubt. But hes dogged by some lackluster polling that doesnt match up with support for his policies. And the other, well, you know the other. Four times indicted, twice impeached expresident who currently faces 91 Felony Counts in four jurisdictions. Hes been found liable for sexual abuse. Set to pay hundre
Ruhle starts now. Starts now. Tonight, the results are in from michigan. What we learned from the biden and trump victories. Why nikki haley isnt going anywhere. In georgia, this witness was supposedly going to help oust the a fani willis, what his testimony did and didnt do. And she knows big tech and the man behind it better than anyone joins us live with her burn book as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. Good evening once again. Im stephanie ruhle. We are now 250 days away from the election, my goodness, 252 days, that is when we are going to be talking a lot about the state of michigan. Tonight we saw michigans first vote of the 2024 race, it is democratic and primaries, nbc news is projecting donald trump has won the gop race, but around one third of Republican Voters cast their ballot for someone else. And they projected an easy when lehoux more than 40,000 votes committed after an organized effort to rebuke President Biden towards his policies in israel and gaza