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| Cruz and Sanders enjoy strong night but Trump takes big Louisiana win | |
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| A ferocious week of attacks on Donald Trump appeared to loosen his grip on the Republican presidential race on “Super Saturday”, while Bernie Sanders showed there may also be some life left in the Democratic race. | A ferocious week of attacks on Donald Trump appeared to loosen his grip on the Republican presidential race on “Super Saturday”, while Bernie Sanders showed there may also be some life left in the Democratic race. |
| Related: Cruz wins Kansas Republican caucus as five states vote – campaign live | Related: Cruz wins Kansas Republican caucus as five states vote – campaign live |
| Conservative champion Ted Cruz won heavily in the Republican caucus in Kansas and won by a similar margin in Maine. Donald Trump underlined the scale of his national advantage later in the night, though, with a 20-point win in Louisiana. | |
| With 47 delegates up for grabs, this was the biggest prize of the night and the only state using a primary rather than caucus system. Trump has tended to better in primaries, where his support among first-time voters and independents can overwhelm the more determined activists who back Cruz. | |
| Early reports from Kentucky suggested Trump would also win, though by a smaller margin. | |
| In the Democratic race, Hillary Clinton lost in Kansas and in Nebraska to a resurgent Sanders campaign, although her own win in Louisiana, as expected, left her well ahead in net delegates at the end of the night. | |
| Though not as significant as the dozen Super Tuesday contests this week or the large states voting on 15 March, the five states voting on Saturday suggested the race to secure party nominations was far from settled. | Though not as significant as the dozen Super Tuesday contests this week or the large states voting on 15 March, the five states voting on Saturday suggested the race to secure party nominations was far from settled. |
| With his 50.7%-24.4% victory over Trump in Kansas, Cruz became the first Republican candidate to win 50% of the vote in any state. He also celebrated an unofficial but symbolic win on Saturday in a straw poll among activists at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. | With his 50.7%-24.4% victory over Trump in Kansas, Cruz became the first Republican candidate to win 50% of the vote in any state. He also celebrated an unofficial but symbolic win on Saturday in a straw poll among activists at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. |
| “By any measure, Kansas, CPAC and Maine are all very different sets of voters and I think what it represents is a Republican party coalescing against Donald Trump,” said the Texas senator in a press conference in Idaho, where he was campaigning. | “By any measure, Kansas, CPAC and Maine are all very different sets of voters and I think what it represents is a Republican party coalescing against Donald Trump,” said the Texas senator in a press conference in Idaho, where he was campaigning. |
| Cruz had already shown his popularity among Christian evangelicals and the Tea Party with wins in Iowa and Texas, but his strong performance in states like Maine may suggest that a wider group of Republican voters is beginning to tire of Trump’s controversial theatrics. | Cruz had already shown his popularity among Christian evangelicals and the Tea Party with wins in Iowa and Texas, but his strong performance in states like Maine may suggest that a wider group of Republican voters is beginning to tire of Trump’s controversial theatrics. |
| This week alone, the billionaire defended the size of his penis in a television debate and was declared a “fraud” by former nominee Mitt Romney and denounced as a national security risk by dozens of Republican foreign policy veterans. | This week alone, the billionaire defended the size of his penis in a television debate and was declared a “fraud” by former nominee Mitt Romney and denounced as a national security risk by dozens of Republican foreign policy veterans. |
| Cruz tried to paint himself, not the distant-third Marco Rubio, as the most likely candidate to prevent Trump from winning a majority of delegates before the party convention, but also an inheritor of the same anti-establishment wave. Rubio was having a bad night, finishing fourth of four in Maine and thus missing out on any delegates to the national convention. | Cruz tried to paint himself, not the distant-third Marco Rubio, as the most likely candidate to prevent Trump from winning a majority of delegates before the party convention, but also an inheritor of the same anti-establishment wave. Rubio was having a bad night, finishing fourth of four in Maine and thus missing out on any delegates to the national convention. |
| “God bless the great state of Idaho,” Cruz said. “And while we’re at it, let me say God bless Kansas and God bless Maine.” | “God bless the great state of Idaho,” Cruz said. “And while we’re at it, let me say God bless Kansas and God bless Maine.” |
| Idaho votes on Tuesday 8 March. | Idaho votes on Tuesday 8 March. |
| “Now it’s a little bit early, the votes are still being counted … but we have roughly 50% of the vote, and the scream you hear, the howl you hear from Washington DC, is utter terror at what we the people are doing together.” | |
| Cruz dubbed the latest clutch of state elections “Super Saturday”, although recent opinion polling suggested he was behind Trump in Kentucky and Louisiana, whose votes were due in later. | Cruz dubbed the latest clutch of state elections “Super Saturday”, although recent opinion polling suggested he was behind Trump in Kentucky and Louisiana, whose votes were due in later. |
| The Democratic race was harder to read, though there were signs a strong turnout helped Sanders pull ahead of Clinton in Nebraska and Kansas. | The Democratic race was harder to read, though there were signs a strong turnout helped Sanders pull ahead of Clinton in Nebraska and Kansas. |
| Related: To Trump, or not to Trump: CPAC crowd ponders an existential question | Related: To Trump, or not to Trump: CPAC crowd ponders an existential question |
| In an echo of his performance on Super Tuesday, however, Sanders faced an uphill battle in Louisiana, particularly with African American voters. With 51 delegates, Clinton’s southern stronghold gave her almost as much weight in the wider race as Nebraska and Kansas combined. | In an echo of his performance on Super Tuesday, however, Sanders faced an uphill battle in Louisiana, particularly with African American voters. With 51 delegates, Clinton’s southern stronghold gave her almost as much weight in the wider race as Nebraska and Kansas combined. |
| After Saturday’s voting, according to the Associated Press, Clinton had 1,104 delegates top 446 for Sanders. The winning total is 2,383. | |
| The Vermont senator hoped that by showing there is still passionate support for him in states so far outside his New England stronghold, he can regather momentum for bigger battles in states like Michigan and Ohio. | |
| “We’re in an intense stretch of the campaign where success for Bernie means the political and media establishment must take note,” said campaign manager Jeff Weaver, in an email to supporters on Saturday. | “We’re in an intense stretch of the campaign where success for Bernie means the political and media establishment must take note,” said campaign manager Jeff Weaver, in an email to supporters on Saturday. |