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| High turnout as Trump leads Republicans and Sanders-Clinton battle continues – campaign live | High turnout as Trump leads Republicans and Sanders-Clinton battle continues – campaign live |
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| 9.41pm GMT | |
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| Matthew Teague | |
| In Baton Rouge, Matt Teague writes, the Young family strolled toward Louisiana State University’s stadium, preparing to watch a baseball game… | |
| Abi Young is a freshman at LSU and her parents Louis and Angelle had driven in from New Orleans to visit. “So we voted early,” Louis said. He seemed slightly bashful, when asked how he cast his ballot. | |
| “I voted for Carly Fiorina,” he said. “I did. I figure at this point, what’s the difference?” | |
| If the Donald Trump steamroller continues through the Louisiana primary, he said, this year’s general election may be the first time he will bypass the voting booth. | |
| “I’ve never missed a vote, not once since I was old enough,” he said. “This may be the first time.” | |
| His daughter Abi, will be eligible for the first time. She said she would vote – probably. | |
| “I’m just like him,” she said of her father. | |
| Louisiana is in a financial crisis, with funding cuts to education and healthcare. The cuts are so deep that some hospitals and universities are closing. Some people blame Governor Bobby Jindal – saying he was too distracted by presidential ambitions to pay attention to his home state – but Louis Young said the problems were broader than that. | |
| “We have a spending problem,” he said. “Our state budget is $28bn. In Ohio and Pennsylvania the budgets are $27bn to $29bn, and they have three times the population. So something fundamental is out of whack in this state.” | |
| At LSU’s enclosure for the school mascot, Marie Claire Perrault and her four-year-old son looked through a fence for Mike the Tiger. | |
| Perrault, an insurance claims adjuster, said she probably won’t bother to vote in the primary. | |
| “I’m absolutely not for Trump,” she said. But his sweep seems inevitable. “I would have taken any of the three other Republicans.” | |
| Perrault’s son spotted the state’s iconic tiger, and pointed: he lay in the shade, snoozing and completely indifferent. | |
| 9.30pm GMT | |
| 21:30 | |
| Trump is still speaking in Orlando. | |
| Trump frames stop Trump movement as elitist, anti-democratic telling crowd "they're doing it to you." | |
| Trump just called some pundits "eggheads." Which is a really underused insult in general, if I'm being honest. | |
| This, by the way, is not a great look: | |
| Donald Trump makes members of his Orlando crowd raise their right hands and swear to vote in the primary. pic.twitter.com/EVenRilJrV | |
| 9.27pm GMT | |
| 21:27 | |
| Some Republican leaders in Kentucky are worried about a low turnout for the state’s presidential caucuses on Saturday — perhaps because their home-state candidate no longer is in the race, the Associated Press reports. | |
| The caucuses were tailor-made — and paid for — by Rand Paul. They were created so Paul could run for president and re-election to the Senate without violating a state law that bans candidates from appearing on the ballot twice in one day. | |
| The senator is long gone from the presidential race, but he’s still on the hook to pay $250,000 plus other expenses for a contest among four people not named Paul. | |
| 9.12pm GMT | 9.12pm GMT |
| 21:12 | 21:12 |
| Vote-counting is beginning in Maine. If Ted Cruz can beat Trump here, it may spell trouble for the gold-plated reality TV star. | Vote-counting is beginning in Maine. If Ted Cruz can beat Trump here, it may spell trouble for the gold-plated reality TV star. |
| Meanwhile, back in Trumpland: | Meanwhile, back in Trumpland: |
| Trump rallies are truly something. Trump has instructed a man who bought bouquet of flowers for him to run and give it to woman who fainted. | Trump rallies are truly something. Trump has instructed a man who bought bouquet of flowers for him to run and give it to woman who fainted. |
| 9.07pm GMT | 9.07pm GMT |
| 21:07 | 21:07 |
| Caucusing finishes (mostly) in Kansas | Caucusing finishes (mostly) in Kansas |
| The first state to finish caucusing on Super Saturday has now done so - excepting some caucus sites with long lines, and others having to print more voter registration forms. | The first state to finish caucusing on Super Saturday has now done so - excepting some caucus sites with long lines, and others having to print more voter registration forms. |
| As we saw in Nevada, turnout is a tsunami compared with 2012. CNN is reporting that a Republican official says “almost every caucus site” ran out of ballots. 40 Republican delegates are at stake. | As we saw in Nevada, turnout is a tsunami compared with 2012. CNN is reporting that a Republican official says “almost every caucus site” ran out of ballots. 40 Republican delegates are at stake. |
| Republicans are reporting With 6.6 percent of caucus sites reporting, Ted Cruz has an impressive lead, with 49.4 percent of the vote. | |
| Update [correction]: the Democrats caucus later today. | |
| Updated | |
| at 9.32pm GMT | |
| 8.52pm GMT | 8.52pm GMT |
| 20:52 | 20:52 |
| Back in Orlando, Trump is being near-continually interrupted by protesters: | Back in Orlando, Trump is being near-continually interrupted by protesters: |
| A protester with a fake penis attached to his baseball cap was just ejected from @realDonaldTrump's Orlando rally. That is all. | A protester with a fake penis attached to his baseball cap was just ejected from @realDonaldTrump's Orlando rally. That is all. |
| ""See, these are bad people," @realDonaldTrump says after what I believe is the 9th protester interruption | ""See, these are bad people," @realDonaldTrump says after what I believe is the 9th protester interruption |
| 8.48pm GMT | 8.48pm GMT |
| 20:48 | 20:48 |
| Google has provided some interesting widgets to follow search interest in candidates in all of today’s caucus and primary states. | Google has provided some interesting widgets to follow search interest in candidates in all of today’s caucus and primary states. |
| For the Republicans: | For the Republicans: |
| And for the Democrats: | And for the Democrats: |
| 8.36pm GMT | 8.36pm GMT |
| 20:36 | 20:36 |
| So, here’s what’s happening today. | So, here’s what’s happening today. |
| Republicans are grappling for 155 delegates in caucuses in Kansas, Kentucky and Maine, and a primary in Louisiana. | Republicans are grappling for 155 delegates in caucuses in Kansas, Kentucky and Maine, and a primary in Louisiana. |
| Democrats are seeking 109 pledged delegates, with caucuses in Kansas and Nebraska and a primary in Louisiana. | Democrats are seeking 109 pledged delegates, with caucuses in Kansas and Nebraska and a primary in Louisiana. |
| Results for Kansas and Kentucky are expected to begin coming back around now, increasing in speed at around 4pm EST, with the rest trickling in over the course of this evening. | Results for Kansas and Kentucky are expected to begin coming back around now, increasing in speed at around 4pm EST, with the rest trickling in over the course of this evening. |
| One percent of Kansas results have been counted for the Republicans. Cruz is leading Trump, but without enough districts reporting to draw any real conclusions as yet. Stay tuned. | One percent of Kansas results have been counted for the Republicans. Cruz is leading Trump, but without enough districts reporting to draw any real conclusions as yet. Stay tuned. |
| 8.34pm GMT | 8.34pm GMT |
| 20:34 | 20:34 |
| Now Trump leads a chant of “USA! USA” | Now Trump leads a chant of “USA! USA” |
| “Are Trump rallies the greatest?” he asks. The crowd roars. | “Are Trump rallies the greatest?” he asks. The crowd roars. |
| 8.32pm GMT | 8.32pm GMT |
| 20:32 | 20:32 |
| “Where are these people. Oh, there he is! Little wise-guy. Lot of guts,” Trump says, almost admiringly. | “Where are these people. Oh, there he is! Little wise-guy. Lot of guts,” Trump says, almost admiringly. |
| “I love my protesters. Because these guys-” he points at the media “-never move their cameras.” | “I love my protesters. Because these guys-” he points at the media “-never move their cameras.” |
| 8.30pm GMT | 8.30pm GMT |
| 20:30 | 20:30 |
| “We can’t play games. Our country is in deep trouble. We have to beat [Hillary],” Trump is saying. | “We can’t play games. Our country is in deep trouble. We have to beat [Hillary],” Trump is saying. |
| “Bernie is gone. He had his time in the sun.” He says Bernie blew the election when he criticised Hillary’s emails.” | “Bernie is gone. He had his time in the sun.” He says Bernie blew the election when he criticised Hillary’s emails.” |
| Now he’s hitting out at the press again, like always at his rallies. “They are the most disgusting, dishonest human beings on earth.” The audience boos. | Now he’s hitting out at the press again, like always at his rallies. “They are the most disgusting, dishonest human beings on earth.” The audience boos. |
| The rally stops, for some protesters. “Get ‘em out,” Trump says. | The rally stops, for some protesters. “Get ‘em out,” Trump says. |
| 8.27pm GMT | 8.27pm GMT |
| 20:27 | 20:27 |
| Donald Trump has taken the stage at a rally in Orlando, Florida, where there is a man dressed up as his vaunted wall. | Donald Trump has taken the stage at a rally in Orlando, Florida, where there is a man dressed up as his vaunted wall. |
| This is a man dressed as Trump's wall at his rally pic.twitter.com/sc24JUv8Oh | This is a man dressed as Trump's wall at his rally pic.twitter.com/sc24JUv8Oh |
| The former reality TV star is skipping the conservative conference known as CPAC to go on the stump in the sunshine state. | The former reality TV star is skipping the conservative conference known as CPAC to go on the stump in the sunshine state. |
| He is saying that “the one person Hillary does not want to run against is Trump. I can tell you.” | He is saying that “the one person Hillary does not want to run against is Trump. I can tell you.” |
| Trump is also hitting out against “little Marco,” and boasting that Florida is “truly, truly my second home.” | Trump is also hitting out against “little Marco,” and boasting that Florida is “truly, truly my second home.” |
| 8.22pm GMT | 8.22pm GMT |
| 20:22 | 20:22 |
| After Trump dubbed Rubio “Little Marco” in last week’s fractious debate, internet users have dug up this unfortunate photo of Rubio sitting in a totally giant, not at all normal sized chair: | After Trump dubbed Rubio “Little Marco” in last week’s fractious debate, internet users have dug up this unfortunate photo of Rubio sitting in a totally giant, not at all normal sized chair: |
| AIDE: he's calling you "little Marco"RUBIO: what if i sit in this huge chairAIDE: no, why would you—RUBIO: weeeee pic.twitter.com/kQOBB3aVpn | AIDE: he's calling you "little Marco"RUBIO: what if i sit in this huge chairAIDE: no, why would you—RUBIO: weeeee pic.twitter.com/kQOBB3aVpn |
| 8.05pm GMT | 8.05pm GMT |
| 20:05 | 20:05 |
| Matthew Teague | Matthew Teague |
| At Bergeron’s Boudin and Cajun Meats, a meat market and barbecue joint in Port Allen, Louisiana, the sentiment on election day ran as red as hot sauce. Matthew Teague writes… | At Bergeron’s Boudin and Cajun Meats, a meat market and barbecue joint in Port Allen, Louisiana, the sentiment on election day ran as red as hot sauce. Matthew Teague writes… |
| “I’m a Trump man,” said the owner, Kevin Cox. “Trump all the way.” | “I’m a Trump man,” said the owner, Kevin Cox. “Trump all the way.” |
| A little over a year ago, Cox instituted a discount for anyone openly carrying a firearm. Since then, he said, the restaurant has become a draw for conservatives from around the country. | A little over a year ago, Cox instituted a discount for anyone openly carrying a firearm. Since then, he said, the restaurant has become a draw for conservatives from around the country. |
| “Tourists will visit New Orleans, rent a car, and drive and hour and a half out here to see me,” he said on Saturday. | “Tourists will visit New Orleans, rent a car, and drive and hour and a half out here to see me,” he said on Saturday. |
| On one side of the building Bergeron’s sells traditional Cajun fare: boudin, cracklins, sausages. On the other side there’s the restaurant, and in the back hunters drop off deer for meat processing. | On one side of the building Bergeron’s sells traditional Cajun fare: boudin, cracklins, sausages. On the other side there’s the restaurant, and in the back hunters drop off deer for meat processing. |
| Port Allen sits on the Mississippi River and is populated by blue-collar workers employed by factories and plants along the river. | Port Allen sits on the Mississippi River and is populated by blue-collar workers employed by factories and plants along the river. |
| “A lot of these guys don’t have college degrees but they’re making $100,000 or more per year,” Cox said. Behind him on the wall a t-shirt advertised his “God, Guns & Gumbo Discount”, and customers streamed in the door. | “A lot of these guys don’t have college degrees but they’re making $100,000 or more per year,” Cox said. Behind him on the wall a t-shirt advertised his “God, Guns & Gumbo Discount”, and customers streamed in the door. |
| “Do you think these guys want to pay more taxes? For Obama Care? How about an Obama Car? Where does it stop?” | “Do you think these guys want to pay more taxes? For Obama Care? How about an Obama Car? Where does it stop?” |
| At lunchtime a customer named Brandon Johnson, of Baton Rouge, sat down with his family for barbecued chicken on styrofoam plates. He had not yet voted, he said, but he planned to. | At lunchtime a customer named Brandon Johnson, of Baton Rouge, sat down with his family for barbecued chicken on styrofoam plates. He had not yet voted, he said, but he planned to. |
| “Absolutely,” he said. | “Absolutely,” he said. |
| For whom? | For whom? |
| “Believe it or not I’m still undecided,” he said. “Trump would be a hard pill for me to swallow.” | “Believe it or not I’m still undecided,” he said. “Trump would be a hard pill for me to swallow.” |
| In a general election, though, he said he would embrace Trump warmly. “Anyone but a Democrat,” he said. “My main issue is spending. Overspending, I mean, by the government.” | In a general election, though, he said he would embrace Trump warmly. “Anyone but a Democrat,” he said. “My main issue is spending. Overspending, I mean, by the government.” |
| After a moment’s thought, he added: “I would like to see an increase in military spending.” | After a moment’s thought, he added: “I would like to see an increase in military spending.” |
| 7.55pm GMT | 7.55pm GMT |
| 19:55 | 19:55 |
| Bernie Sanders is speaking at Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland. | Bernie Sanders is speaking at Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland. |
| “The hardest economic lesson I ever got is growing up in a house without a lot of money,” the Vermont senator says. “I know there are a lot of families wondering how they are going to feed the kids this week, how they’re going to put gas in the car. Who have struggled with the dream of sending their kids to college.” | “The hardest economic lesson I ever got is growing up in a house without a lot of money,” the Vermont senator says. “I know there are a lot of families wondering how they are going to feed the kids this week, how they’re going to put gas in the car. Who have struggled with the dream of sending their kids to college.” |
| I know about that. That’s in my heart. That’s why I’m running for President. | I know about that. That’s in my heart. That’s why I’m running for President. |
| 7.34pm GMT | 7.34pm GMT |
| 19:34 | 19:34 |
| Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the first primaries and caucuses since Super Tuesday – I’m Nicky Woolf. | Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the first primaries and caucuses since Super Tuesday – I’m Nicky Woolf. |
| It’s the beginning of March and the madness continues as the departure of a retired neurosurgeon from the race brings the Republicans down to the final four candidates, meaning today is one of the last few chances for the enemies of Donald Trump to whisk delegates away from the Republican frontrunner. | It’s the beginning of March and the madness continues as the departure of a retired neurosurgeon from the race brings the Republicans down to the final four candidates, meaning today is one of the last few chances for the enemies of Donald Trump to whisk delegates away from the Republican frontrunner. |
| On the Democratic side, today is Hillary Clinton’s chance to secure her dominant lead over Bernie Sanders. | On the Democratic side, today is Hillary Clinton’s chance to secure her dominant lead over Bernie Sanders. |
| Starring: a bombastic and orange-hued billionaire (Trump), an evangelical Texas lawyer who has not specifically denied being the Zodiac Killer (Ted Cruz), a Florida man who makes crude jokes (Marco Rubio), and an Ohio governor whom the others are ignoring but who has described himself as the grownup on the stage (John Kasich). | Starring: a bombastic and orange-hued billionaire (Trump), an evangelical Texas lawyer who has not specifically denied being the Zodiac Killer (Ted Cruz), a Florida man who makes crude jokes (Marco Rubio), and an Ohio governor whom the others are ignoring but who has described himself as the grownup on the stage (John Kasich). |
| Clinton has hundreds more delegates than Sanders, but the Vermont senator’s surprise win in Oklahoma on Tuesday suggests he has enough support to continue rattling the Democratic race, if not overtake the frontrunner. He and the former secretary of state face off at the polls today and at a debate tomorrow, in Flint, Michigan, where the local mayor has met with Clinton to discuss the city’s lead-poisoned water. | Clinton has hundreds more delegates than Sanders, but the Vermont senator’s surprise win in Oklahoma on Tuesday suggests he has enough support to continue rattling the Democratic race, if not overtake the frontrunner. He and the former secretary of state face off at the polls today and at a debate tomorrow, in Flint, Michigan, where the local mayor has met with Clinton to discuss the city’s lead-poisoned water. |
| Kansas, Kentucky, and Nebraska are holding caucuses to decide winners for both parties, and Maine Republicans will vote in a caucus. Louisiana - where the Guardian’s Matt Teague is on the ground - is holding the day’s only primary. | Kansas, Kentucky, and Nebraska are holding caucuses to decide winners for both parties, and Maine Republicans will vote in a caucus. Louisiana - where the Guardian’s Matt Teague is on the ground - is holding the day’s only primary. |
| And in Washington DC, conservatives are having a collective panic attack over the ascendance of Trump and the schisms in their party. Ben Jacobs and Megan Carpentier are at the scene at CPAC, and will be reporting on the chaos and campaign speeches there. David Smith and Dan Roberts are also in Washington, where leaders are bracing for an increasingly likely showdown between Clinton and Trump. | And in Washington DC, conservatives are having a collective panic attack over the ascendance of Trump and the schisms in their party. Ben Jacobs and Megan Carpentier are at the scene at CPAC, and will be reporting on the chaos and campaign speeches there. David Smith and Dan Roberts are also in Washington, where leaders are bracing for an increasingly likely showdown between Clinton and Trump. |
| Related: 'Not even my wife knows': secret Donald Trump voters speak out | Related: 'Not even my wife knows': secret Donald Trump voters speak out |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 7.52pm GMT | at 7.52pm GMT |