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 to start our Special Coverage with our david culver. Hes joining us tonight from san jose, california, where people have been filing into vote all day. David, i know youve been talking to a lot of folks on their way to cast their ballots. Whats motivating these people out there to vote in this primary . First response to that work, usually as well, were here to perform our civic duty. Right. But then you start to peel back the layers a little bit in two issues have surfaced in the folks its spoken with are ready just in the past couple of hours, immigration and economy. And lets set the scene where we are. This is Santa Clara County election center. This is part of the Silicon Valley area a big range in wealth. And youve got a Working Class here, too, huge latino population, about 25 to 30 . The Mail Imbalance are gonna be the chunk of what comes in here. Just need to see all of these stacks. These are the votes have come in. They go through the processing here, and then they continue back through machines like this and get divided up into the many precincts in this area. So its incredibly active as they are obviously full speed ahead here on this super tuesday. But go into those voters, the folks who are filling out these ballots you really get a sense that for a lot of them, this is becoming personal. And i asked one guy who showed up, his names pearson randall. Hes 24. What brought them out here on his lunch hour to cast a primary ballot. He said for him, it was to go a different direction for the country. Heres what he had to say do you feel like hes doing what youd like to see the country continue doing. And the next four years personally know, im not satisfied with President Biden i would much rather did you vote for him before . I have yes. Youre pretty upset with how this has turned out from your past vote correct . Yes it is not. My situation has not improved. Like i thought it would under biden what i wish i could see from him was a little bit more confident so heres the thing with random i asked him, i said, if not President Biden again, who do you have a right . He says, well, im not i really comfortable saying that. I said, well, lets go through the process. I started naming the candidate, nikki haley. He really he loved that ramaswamy not an option on this ballot. I said, what about donald trump he said, you know, im really not comfortable answering that question and then he seems to have echoed what a lot of folks here in california have said to me in recent days, and that is hes not sure if who he is going to vote for. It. Is that positive of an answer . And hes worried about any sort of repercussions. Then he continued along with him, said, kate, i think by process of elimination, it seemed to point to one person, donald trump, but obviously plate its between him and about yeah, it really speaks to that 7. 10 that weve seen in polling seven in ten americans who arent happy with the idea of a Reelection Matchup between joe biden and donald trump. Youre really seeing it with that struggle right there. Its great to use. Thank you david culver is going to be there for us. Lets go now to brian todd, whos in sandy, utah for a look at polls are open there. Brian, this is a state the nikki haley is watching closely as one that she might have a chance of winning. Why is that . Well, kate, its because of all the states there go fairly heavily red. Utah is the one state where donald trump does the least well, traditionally, in 2016, he lost the republican caucuses here pretty handily to ted cruz. There are other factors here that ill talk about in just a second. But first, let me set the scene for you. This is a caucus site. Its not us, a traditional polling site for primary. Its a caucus site. So the caucusgoers have not come here yet. This is all to high school here in sandy, utah. Theyre gonna be coming in that entrance. There were not allowed in yet because school is in session now as we speak, but in about four hours, the voters will start to arrive for the caucus session, which will be held inside those doors. Theyre 32 precincts voting here. So itd be caucusing and 32 different rooms, then casting ballots like this one. This is a kind of a sample ballot. Hear nikki haley, donald trump, and the third candidate, ryan binkley on the ballot here cast their ballots, then they start counting at about 08 00 p. M. Local time, 10 00 p. M. Eastern time hopefully will be able to bring all of that to you live because were going to get access inside there. Once the caucusing begins talking about the haley trump dynamic here, another reason kate, why nikki haley . Could do well here in utah is because shes got some good endorsements on her side. The republican governor spencer cox has not formally endorsed her, but he has said publicly that he likes nikki haley as a candidate. He does not like donald trump or joe biden is candidates. The governors wife, abby cox, has endorsed nikki haley, the lieutenant governor. Deidre henderson has endorsed nikki haley. So youve got key endorsements there. Youve also got the mitt romney factor here in utah the retiring us republican senator, former president ial candidate, we know of course, has been very critical of donald trump over the years, will his pull matter in this state . It might if shes. Going to have a chance to pull out of state, it might be here in utah, and were going to see how that vote plays out in the next few hours back to wolf brian todd in utah for us, brian, thank you very much. Weve got an excellent panel of our contributors here. Let me start with gloria borger. Gloria pose are going to close in a few hours. It looks, it looks at least right now like its going to be another very huge night for donald trump. Yes. Of course. A big night for donald trump. I think the Question Everyone will be asking by the end of the night is nikki haley going to say no or is she going to xi going to leave but i also think what we ought to be looking at tonight very closely as these exit polls and states like North Carolina and virginia, which will tell us a lot about what the voters believe about these two candidates. We already know that they dont like either one of them very much. We know that according to one poll, more than 70 believe joe biden is too old to be president. And there are questions about donald trump and how he does with women in suburbia. And i think with independent voters. And so i think by the end of the evening, maybe well have a picture of where the public is right now on joe biden and donald trump let me get Jonah Goldberg into this conversation because were looking ahead as well so far in these primaries that weve seen so far, well see what happens to that about 30 of the gop Primary Voters have voted for someone other than trump, as you know. So what does that suggest to you about looking down the road . Yeah i dont think just to pick up on glorious thing, i dont think nikki haleys going to drop out tonight regardless of the results. Remember pat buchanan, stayed in all the way to the convention in 1992. Bernie sanders did likewise. Shes now in a sort of Issue Campaign and shes basically building and solidifying behind her. I dont think its hers to control or anything. But a faction that is just not that into donald trump. And thats significant. Pat buchanan in 1992 averaged over the course of the all the primaries, about 22 . Nikki haleys overperforming that. And that puts her in a good place No Matter What. But not to be president in 2024 we got to be necessarily the republican nominee. She will not be the republican nominee. And the question is, where did those voters go . Do they end up with joe biden or do they end up . Gonna be someone whos going to go to the bitter end and represent this very small part of the Republican Party or am i gonna be someone who actually is not going to be viewed as obstruction as to what is going to be the republican nominee, donald trump. Yeah, its tough decision. I think shes going to make the decision to stay in. I think shes having like, i know nikki Hailey A Little Bit my whiteboard for years ago, i have no relation the campaign now she is seems to be enjoying herself a great deal. And i think shes made peace with the fact that shes not going to be the nominee in 2024. And meanwhile, shes raising a ton of money. Shes collecting a lot of names. Shes building a national network. I could be wrong but i just dont think that she anticipates any results tonight and say, okay, now i gotta get out. If she does drop out, well, she endorsed trump, not like she might drop out the next 24 hours, but i dont think theres any reason why she has to endorse donald trump in the next 24 hours. I mean, i think that for me is the big question. Will she endorsed donald trump i mean, it is really serious its question because everything that she said, her entire campaign has been now based around this idea that i am the alternative and to bend the knee, i think would undercut you, wont put the question also is, what will Donald Trumps say about her i doubt hell be gracious. Yeah, i doubt hell be gracious because its not jamie because theres no path for her to win No Matter What. Now, today, i should win. Hopefully every state i dont know why everybody is so adamant that they have to follow trumps lead to get me out of this race. Im not ready to get out yet. Im still sitting there fighting for the people that want to voice so i just want to underscore what jonas said. I dont think shes going to get out, but i spoke to two of her major donors and they dont know what her plants are. One of them just texted me hearing anything question mark. So theyre playing and get very close to the vest. Look, one of the issues is what is the strategy Going Forward . Apart from whether or not she endorses donald trump does she see some path if the what if factor if trump stumbles, is there . Place for a nikki haley at a brokered convention . I dont think so. Not not with trump delegates. If she is the path forward is to save the Republican Party. In her mind down the road. Then how does she endorse him . I dont think she does. So thats first republican debate. She raised her hand right when she was asked, will you support eventually support the republican nominee . Yeah, shes he made a commitment at that time. 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What are they telling you . Yeah abortion, education, immigration, and democracy. Those are the issues that the voters here in cornelius, North Carolina tell me, have inspired them to come out and cast their ballots in this primary and look, weve seen a steady turnout here. You can see we have a little bit of a line that is building at this point. Of course the primary day turnout is on top of the roughly 695,000 North Carolinians who cast early and Absentee Ballots and part of that is North Carolinas outsized importance when it comes to being a swing state come november, but its also because there is a long downballot full of competitive races on both republican and the democratic side. And voters here are educated, theyre informed and theyre ready to make their voices heard. I spoke with voters who voted for joe biden, donald trump, and nikki haley today about why they made the ch