March 15 now looms as a critical day in the Republican presidential race. Five states vote on Tuesday: North Carolina, Missouri, Illinois and delegate-rich Ohio and Florida, both of which are winner-take-all contests. A sweep of all five states by front-runner Donald Trump would catapult him toward the party’s nomination; but, anti-Trump forces are hoping […]
The Republican nominating contest for president could be consolidating into a two-man race between businessman Donald Trump and Texas Senator Ted Cruz. By gobbling up the lion’s share of delegates awarded state-by-state, Trump and Cruz are eclipsing two other rivals: Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Ohio governor John Kasich. Rubio did pick up a victory […]
After winning primaries in the northeast and southeast, billionaire Donald Trump looks poised to get a win in the western part of the United States in Tuesday’s Nevada caucus. The latest polls show Trump leading his Republican challengers with about 40 percent support, while Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz remained locked in another tight […]
As the race for the Democratic presidential nomination heats up between Senator Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the close contest is drawing attention to the nomination process and the people called “superdelegates” who could have enormous influence over its outcome. The two major American political parties begin the process of selecting […]