[ This cycle’s Super Tuesday lacked suspense — and that showed in the viewership numbers. About 11.4 million viewers tuned into coverage during the peak hour of 10 p.m. ET, when the three major broadcast networks joined with the three major cable networks with live coverage, according to early numbers from Nielsen. That’s far less … Read more
[ Nikki Haley is officially dropping out of the U.S. presidential race following her Super Tuesday defeat, according to reports. Haley is due to make an address in around three hours’ time but The Wall Street Journal and CBS report sources close to her saying she is dropping out. The move was widely expected after … Read more
[ President Biden and former President Trump dominated their primary races with relatively predictable results in more than a dozen Super Tuesday states, as they hurtle toward the general election. Biden largely swept the night’s Democratic contests — except for the caucuses in American Samoa, a U.S. territory, where he lost to a long-shot … Read more
[ All of the major news networks carried Donald Trump‘s Super Tuesday victory speech live, but MSNBC was the first to cutaway, reflecting an debate at news outlets over how to cover the former president’s fusillade of false claims and unfounded accusations. Rachel Maddow, leading coverage on the network, was clearly disturbed over the airtime … Read more
[ US President Joe Biden has notched his first Super Tuesday wins, taking Iowa, Virginia and Vermont, according to Associated Press predictions. So far Donald Trump has won the Republican presidential nominating contests in Virginia and North Carolina, Edison Research projected. The elections are being held in 16 states and one territory — from Alaska … Read more
[ More than a dozen states are voting in the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries on Super Tuesday, likely getting former President Trump and President Biden closer to clinching their respective parties’ nominations. Trump and Biden are favored to win in each of the states voting, though former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley is seeking … Read more
[ UPDATED, with results in VA, NC: As the first polls closed on Super Tuesday, Joe Biden and Donald Trump were projected to be the winners of their party primaries in Virginia and North Carolina, on a night where he and Donald Trump are expected to solidify the chances of a November general election rematch. … Read more
[ The suspense this Super Tuesday may be in watching how all of the networks try to make the night suspenseful. Some 16 states and one territory will vote: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia. A Democratic caucus also is being held in American … Read more
[ The battle between former President Trump and former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley for the GOP presidential nomination on Super Tuesday will likely be the focus of this week’s Sunday shows. A new NewsNation show, “The Hill Sunday,” launches this week, featuring guests including Reps. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) and Ken Buck (D-Colo.). Host Chris … Read more
