Previewing Super Tuesday

AT 930. I’M JASON GUY AND I’M MEREDITH MCDONOUGH. SUPER TUESDAY IS HERE. IT IS THE LARGEST ONE DAY CONTEST FOR DELEGATES AND THE PRESIDENT. ELECTION AMY LU IS IN OUR WASHINGTON, D.C. BUREAU WITH WHAT THE RESULTS FROM TODAY’S CONTEST COULD MEAN FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION. VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE IN 16 STATES, MOVING FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP A MAJOR STEP CLOSER TO BECOMING THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. FROM COAST TO COAST, SUPER TUESDAY ELECTIONS ARE A PIVOTAL FACTOR IN THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. I THINK IT’S A VERY BIG DAY FOR AMERICA. THE SUPREME COURT CLEARING TRUMP TO EARN DELEGATES IN ALL STATES AFTER A COLORADO COURT SAID HE COULD NOT APPEAR ON THE STATE’S PRIMARY BALLOT. I NEED YOU TO VOTE AND I NEED YOU TO TAKE TEN PEOPLE WITH YOU WITH MORE THAN A THIRD OF ALL REPUBLICAN DELEGATES UP FOR GRABS, NIKKI HALEY IS HOPING TO BLOCK TRUMP IN SO-CALLED WINNER TAKE ALL STATES WHERE A MAJORITY VOTE FOR TRUMP AWARDS HIM. ALL OF HIS STATE’S DELEGATES, SHE HAS TO AT LEAST MAKE SURE THAT DONALD TRUMP DOESN’T WIN THE STATE IN TERMS OF WINNING A STATE OUTRIGHT. I DON’T KNOW IF SHE’LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT. PREVIEWING CANDIDATE ELECTABILITY ON A NATIONAL SCALE AND PASSION DRIVING VOTERS. IT’S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ABSOLUTELY LOVE HIM AND PEOPLE WHO ABSOLUTELY DETEST HIM. AND I THINK THAT’S WHAT’S DRIVING TURNOUT. A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE NEEDS 1215 DELEGATES IN ORDER TO BECOME THE NOMINEE. TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO LAND VERY CLOSE TO THAT NUMBER AFTER SUPER TUESDAY IN WASHINGTON AMY LU, AND WE ARE BRINGING IN UCF POLITICAL LECTURER JOHN HANLEY TO GET SOME FURTHER ANALYSIS ON HOW TODAY’S VOTES COULD AFFECT THIS ELECTION. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. GOOD MORNING JOHN. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. SO LET’S BEGIN. 16 STATES WILL VOTE IN TODAY’S PRIMARIES OR CAUCUSES. JOHN, HOW WERE THOSE STATES CHOSEN? WELL, THEY’RE MAKING THE DECISION TO GO, UH, ASIDE FROM THE STATES THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE PARTIES LIKE SOUTH CAROLINA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, IOWA, NEVADA, UH, THE PARTIES DISINCENTIVIZE STATES FROM GOING EARLY IN JANUARY. AND FEBRUARY. THIS IS THE FIRST TUESDAY THAT THEY CAN DO IT. THEY ALL PILE IN, OR A LOT OF THEM DO. THAT’S WHY IT’S SUPER TUESDAY. ALL RIGHT. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT DECISION YESTERDAY TO KEEP FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE COLORADO BALLOT. HOW DOES THAT AFFECT VOTING TODAY? I DON’T THINK IT’LL AFFECT TOO MUCH. WHAT’S HAPPENING. UM, HE WAS ALREADY ON THE BALLOT. ANY OF THE ATTEMPTS TO TAKE HIM OFF HAD BEEN, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY REVERSED. AND NOW THEY’LL BE TOTALLY REVERSED. UH, SO VOTERS, IF THEY WERE GOING TO VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP, THEY’RE GOING TO COME IN AND VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP. IF THEY WERE GOING TO VOTE FOR NIKKI HALEY, THEY’RE GOING TO THEY WERE GOING TO DO THAT BEFORE FOR AND JOHN, LET’S GO INTO THAT A LITTLE FURTHER. SO LET’S GO THROUGH THE CANDIDATES, TAKE US THROUGH THE LIKELY OUTCOME TODAY FOR TRUMP AND HALEY, I THINK YOU KNOW, THE 15 STATES ARE ARE VERY INTERESTING. THEY GO FROM COAST TO COAST. MOST OF THEM, I THINK YOU’D SAY ARE IN THE TRUMP COLUMN ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. UH, THE ONES THAT LOOK MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERESTING FOR HAYLEY WOULD BE PLACES LIKE VERMONT, MASSACHUSETTS, VIRGINIA, EAST COAST STATES, UH, MORE WHITE COLLAR, UH, AND AND LESS LESS COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH TRUMP. THESE ARE STATES THAT ARE MORE DEMOCRATIC OR TRENDING MORE DEMOCRATIC. WILL HAYLEY BE ABLE TO PICK UP ONE OF THOSE? IT’S HARD TO SAY. THERE HASN’T NECESSARILY BEEN A LOT OF POLLING IN THOSE STATES. AND SO I THINK THAT IS A PLACE WHERE WE SEE A POTENTIAL FOR THIS, FOR SURPRISES. IS IN THE BIG STATES AND MOST OF THE STATES. I THINK TRUMP IS SOLIDLY AHEAD. AND AT THE END OF THE EVENING, HE SHOULD BE WELL ON HIS WAY TO THE NOMINATION. AND OF COURSE, DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO BE VOTING TOO. IN MOST STATES. WHAT ARE CHALLENGES PRESIDENT BIDEN MIGHT BE FACING TODAY? WELL, I THINK THERE ARE, UH, THERE’S DEAN PHILLIPS AND MAYBE MARION WILLIAMSON ON THE BALLOT. I’M NOT SURE EXACTLY FROM FROM STATE TO STATE. BIDEN WILL BE SOLID IN THOSE. HE’S GOT, UH, POOR SUPPORT AMONG DEMOCRATS. AND I THINK YOU SEE, UH, MORE DEMOCRATS GEARING UP FOR THIS RACE AS IT ESCALATES AND AS IT BECOMES CLEAR THAT IT’S GOING TO BE TRUMP VERSUS BIDEN AND WHAT ABOUT WHEN WE’VE SEEN PEOPLE VOTING FOR AN UNDESIGNATED CANDIDATE? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THESE CURRENT NAMED CANDIDATES? THEY HAVE AN OPTION TO DO THAT. UM, UNCOMMITTED OR NONE OF THESE, UH, AND WE’VE SEEN THAT THAT NUMBER COME UP TO MAYBE 10 OR 15% IN SOME STATES. UH, THAT’S NOTHING NEW. UH, BARACK OBAMA FACED THAT IN 2012. UH, THERE’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A CYNICISM AROUND IT. IT’S NOT CLEAR, HOWEVER, WHETHER, UH, YOU CAN BEAT SOMEBODY WITH NOBODY. IT’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO TO GET PEOPLE TO TURN OUT IN LARGE NUMBERS TO SAY, WELL, I DON’T I DON’T LIKE ANY OF THESE PEOPLE OR I DON’T LIKE THIS GUY. ALL RIGHT. JOHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UCF POLITICAL LECTURER JOHN HANLEY JOINING US

Previewing Super Tuesday

UCF Political Lecturer John Hanley breaks down the likely results of votes happening March 5.

Updated: 10:24 AM EST Mar 5, 2024

ORLANDO, Fla. – March 5, 2024 is Super Tuesday. 16 overall states and one U.S. territory will head to the polls to vote for Republican and/or Democratic candidates.There are 865 Republican delegates up for grabs today. A candidate needs 1,215 delegates to secure the nomination.Democrats are vying for 1,420 delegates. A candidate needs 1,968 to win the nomination.UCF Political Lecturer John Hanley joined WESH 2 News Tuesday morning to preview the likely results for the day ahead.

ORLANDO, Fla. – March 5, 2024 is Super Tuesday. 16 overall states and one U.S. territory will head to the polls to vote for Republican and/or Democratic candidates.

There are 865 Republican delegates up for grabs today. A candidate needs 1,215 delegates to secure the nomination.

Democrats are vying for 1,420 delegates. A candidate needs 1,968 to win the nomination.

UCF Political Lecturer John Hanley joined WESH 2 News Tuesday morning to preview the likely results for the day ahead.