Wednesday, March 6th 2024, 5:56 am
Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden won their respective races in Oklahoma as part of Super Tuesday. Our Washington Bureau Chief Alex Cameron has the latest.
Polls have consistently shown that a majority of Americans don't want another Biden-Trump matchup. But a majority of Americans are voting to make that exactly the choice they will have come November.
The results of Super Tuesday are incomplete, but the writing is clearly on the wall.
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More than 865 delegates were up for grabs at the start of the day, enough to put both men within reach of their parties' nominations, and both appear to have seized the opportunity.
Oklahoma Congressman Kevin Hern said Trump's popularity in Oklahoma, and among Republicans in general, reminds him of Ronald Reagan's appeal to voters when he took on Jimmy Carter in 1980.
"And he said, 'Are you better off today than you were four years ago?' And time and time again, the polling is showing that people are worse off. Inflation is some 19-percent higher in pricing across the country. And certainly Oklahomans are feeling that same thing; higher gas prices, higher food prices, and a wide open border," Hern said.
One of the big questions now is whether after Tuesday night Nikki Haley will remain in the GOP race. She has said she will stay in as long as she was competitive. But after Tuesday, sources tell CBS News that she will be dropping out of the presidential race.
President Joe Biden will give the State of the Union Address in Washington D.C. at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 7. Alex Cameron will be live with his analysis of the speech. You can watch his coverage right here on News On 6.
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