Donald J. Trump, left, waves to supporters on caucus night in Las Vegas, Nev., on Feb. 24, 2016, while Florida Sen. Marco Rubio speaks to supporters at a S.C. rally. (Photos: Getty Images)
Donald Trump has won the Virginia Republican primary, while Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will finish in a relatively close second place, PPD projects. Turnout in central and western Virginia, where working-class white voters, who were previously reliable Democrats, came out heavy for the billionaire businessman.
“For all the talk about who is the real conservative in the race, that is, Sen. Rubio claiming Mr. Trump is not, all the senator’s votes came from liberal Democrat neighborhoods while The Donald trounced him in conservative counties,” said PPD’s senior political analyst Richard Baris. “The D.C. establishment and lobbyist-dependent counties clearly picked their man. But the margins and sheer turnout for Trump in the rest of the state was just too much.”
Thank you Virginia! #Trump2016#SuperTuesday
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 2, 2016
Mr. Trump also won the Super Tuesday Republican primaries in Alabama, Massachusetts and Tennessee. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who spent the last week in his home state, appears to have a lead in The Lone Star State. If Rubio doesn’t pull above 18% of the vote, he will not be awarded a single delegate in the largest proportional prize of the night.
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| Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary, Polling hours reportedly 6:00a EST (1100 UTC) to 7:00p EST (0000 UTC). Voter Eligibility: Open Primary 49 total delegates – 10 base at-large / 33 re: 11 congressional districts / 3 party / 3 bonus |
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