Awaiting election results and effects
March 15 2016 By Abiodun Giwa
Primary election is holding in five states of Florida, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina, on Tuesday, in the United States The day is called Super Tuesday. Pundits say they are expecting results from the five states to show the direction the election battles will take in both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, toward nomination of their respective presidential candidate for the next general election.
Hillary Clinton is leading Bernie Sanders in the number of states and delegates she has won so far, while Donald Trump has won more states and delegates than any of his co-contestants in the Republican Party.
Can both Clinton and Trump suffer setback today or will they both continue their winnings toward becoming nominees of their parties? Clinton and Sanders are in one on one battle, while Trump has three other contestants - Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and John Kasich to contend. Kasich is the bottom of the winning chart, followed by Rubio and Cruz. Sanders has said that Clinton has won in most of the Southern States and that it is his own time to win in states outside the south. His narrow victory against against Clinton in Michigan last week shocked observers and he has said he hopes to continue to maintain the momentum. Unlike Kasich and Rubio, who have to win Ohio and Florida - their respective home states to remain relevant in the race.
Kasich and Rubio have no momentum to maintain. They either each win their home states or get out. The situation is extremely bad for Rubio, who has been under performing against much expectation and the poll in Florida shows him to be trailing Trump with about ten points or more. Kasich is expected to give Trump a big fight in Ohio, where polls has shown him leading Trump for about one week. However, if the Iowa polls that showed trump caught up with Cruz and began a lead in the last one week before the election there, against Cruz lead for several weeks, and the election later won by Cruz, the recent polls showing Kasich leading Trump in the poll by five to six points or at a tie, may be little reason for comfort anti-Trump Republicans and conservatives.
In North Carolina, Trump is leading his co- contestants by nearly 11 points in the polls. The same is applicable to Illinois, where trump leads by a narrow margin of between 4 - 6 points. However, giving the massive opposition against Trump from senior members of his party, the left wing, the liberal and conservative media, and the ganging up of his co-contestants in major states like Ohio and Florida, it is worth the time to wiat and see the results released before arriving at conclusion about what today's election will hold for each contestant. Though, Trump opponents believe that if they are able to take Ohio away from Trump, even if he wins in Florida, they have room to go the whole hog to the party's convention to deny Trump the nomination.
It is the gang up against Trump that is firing up Trump's supporters in calling out voters to vote. For the Republican Party, the election has turned into a struggle between anti-Trump among establishment people and Trump supporters, who are calling for a drastic change within the party and the country as a whole. Would the establishment stop Trump's momentum and pave a way for the desecration of the party or will Trump continue the momentum and help in the end toward unifying the party, even though some senior members of the party have sworn to leave the party, if Trump wins the nomination.
There is no extraneous fight within the Democratic Party, unlike the Republican Party. But the two contestants in the Democratic Party are opposed to Trump becoming the nominee of the Republican for what they term his opposition to Moslems, Mexicans and the alleged plan to deport immigrants. The media is also against Trump for these reasons.
But the Trump campaign against Mexicans smuggling of drugs into the U.S through the porous borders has gained traction among voters. In the same vein, many people are saying that Trump has not said he will deport all immigrants but illegal immigrants. And his temporary ban against Moslems from Arab countries over the issue of terrorism is said to be to allow the U.S and the Arab countries to sort matters out about the importation of terrorists from the Arab countries, toward seeking a final solution to disruptions, which terrorism has generally become for the country and the people.
Trump supporters are saying that born and naturalized Americans, as well as people with legal papers to live in the country don't have anything to fear, irrespective of their countries or religion.
Hillary Clinton is leading Bernie Sanders in the number of states and delegates she has won so far, while Donald Trump has won more states and delegates than any of his co-contestants in the Republican Party.
Can both Clinton and Trump suffer setback today or will they both continue their winnings toward becoming nominees of their parties? Clinton and Sanders are in one on one battle, while Trump has three other contestants - Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and John Kasich to contend. Kasich is the bottom of the winning chart, followed by Rubio and Cruz. Sanders has said that Clinton has won in most of the Southern States and that it is his own time to win in states outside the south. His narrow victory against against Clinton in Michigan last week shocked observers and he has said he hopes to continue to maintain the momentum. Unlike Kasich and Rubio, who have to win Ohio and Florida - their respective home states to remain relevant in the race.
Kasich and Rubio have no momentum to maintain. They either each win their home states or get out. The situation is extremely bad for Rubio, who has been under performing against much expectation and the poll in Florida shows him to be trailing Trump with about ten points or more. Kasich is expected to give Trump a big fight in Ohio, where polls has shown him leading Trump for about one week. However, if the Iowa polls that showed trump caught up with Cruz and began a lead in the last one week before the election there, against Cruz lead for several weeks, and the election later won by Cruz, the recent polls showing Kasich leading Trump in the poll by five to six points or at a tie, may be little reason for comfort anti-Trump Republicans and conservatives.
In North Carolina, Trump is leading his co- contestants by nearly 11 points in the polls. The same is applicable to Illinois, where trump leads by a narrow margin of between 4 - 6 points. However, giving the massive opposition against Trump from senior members of his party, the left wing, the liberal and conservative media, and the ganging up of his co-contestants in major states like Ohio and Florida, it is worth the time to wiat and see the results released before arriving at conclusion about what today's election will hold for each contestant. Though, Trump opponents believe that if they are able to take Ohio away from Trump, even if he wins in Florida, they have room to go the whole hog to the party's convention to deny Trump the nomination.
It is the gang up against Trump that is firing up Trump's supporters in calling out voters to vote. For the Republican Party, the election has turned into a struggle between anti-Trump among establishment people and Trump supporters, who are calling for a drastic change within the party and the country as a whole. Would the establishment stop Trump's momentum and pave a way for the desecration of the party or will Trump continue the momentum and help in the end toward unifying the party, even though some senior members of the party have sworn to leave the party, if Trump wins the nomination.
There is no extraneous fight within the Democratic Party, unlike the Republican Party. But the two contestants in the Democratic Party are opposed to Trump becoming the nominee of the Republican for what they term his opposition to Moslems, Mexicans and the alleged plan to deport immigrants. The media is also against Trump for these reasons.
But the Trump campaign against Mexicans smuggling of drugs into the U.S through the porous borders has gained traction among voters. In the same vein, many people are saying that Trump has not said he will deport all immigrants but illegal immigrants. And his temporary ban against Moslems from Arab countries over the issue of terrorism is said to be to allow the U.S and the Arab countries to sort matters out about the importation of terrorists from the Arab countries, toward seeking a final solution to disruptions, which terrorism has generally become for the country and the people.
Trump supporters are saying that born and naturalized Americans, as well as people with legal papers to live in the country don't have anything to fear, irrespective of their countries or religion.
