Republican Super Tuesday results thread (first polls close at 7pm ET)

[Nathan Towne]

So excited to head to the polls at 7 AM this morning.

Did you make it out to vote yet Classic Conservative?

[Nathan Towne]

There were a lot of people at my polling location this morning, I get their around 6:50 and there was already nine people in line.

I thought you weren't old enough to vote

If you live in Newton, then I live only several towns over from you in Natick, Massachusetts. It is neat to see someone online who lives literally minutes away.

[Nathan Towne]

One of my cousins used to live in Natick. I have other cousins in Framingham and, formerly, Southborough.

Cool. I find it interesting that you elected to vote for Rubio on the Republican Party ticket. Is your preferred candidate Sanders but you have decided that he has no chance of winning the National primary race against Clinton?

[Nathan Towne]

One of my cousins used to live in Natick. I have other cousins in Framingham and, formerly, Southborough.

Cool. I find it interesting that you elected to vote for Rubio on the Republican Party ticket. Was your preferred candidate Sanders and you have decided that he has no chance of winning the National primary race against Clinton?

My preferred candidate was initially Sanders, then I developed some problems with a few of his views and the way he was campaigning that soured me on him, and I was orphaned for a while. Now, I'm planning to vote for Clinton in the general, but I want to hedge my bets by having her face the least flagrantly objectionable Republican option (which is, from my perspective, technically Kasich, but he doesn't have a chance, whereas Rubio has a minuscule chance).

Understandable. I voted for Kasich this morning, although I recognize that I am in essentially wasting my vote in that Kasich is unlikely to receive any delegates here in Massachusetts and has no chance whatsoever of contesting in the National primary. I know that my father, who is an older, moderate, Rockefeller style Republican in the vein of a Dwight Eisenhower, Thomas Dewey, Gerald Ford, Bush Sr. or Charlie Baker, made the decision this morning not to vote for Kasich, who is easily his favorite candidate for that reason. Knowing that only Rubio, Cruz and Trump have any prayer of winning the nomination, he elected to vote for Rubio as he views the other two as pretty unacceptable as candidates.

Being that I think that Trump is going to end up winning the nomination, he will have some thinking to do as far as the general election is concerned. I simply do not see a way in which I will be voting for Hillary Clinton, she is much too far to the left, but I honestly do not know how my father will vote. Trump is a tough sell.

[Nathan Towne]

http://www.cbsnews.com/elections/2016/primaries/republican/texas/exit/

First Texas entrance/exit polls show Cruz leading YUGE with every demographic except the poorly educated.

Is this test data?

The Arkansas one says "last polled: 12:46PM EST", even though it isn't that time yet...

"Obamaisdabest," huh? I would have traded the Obama administration for the Cameron administration with you in a heartbeat.

[Nathan Towne]

Alright....

Georgia, Virginia and Vermont to open the night.

[Nathan Towne]

10 minutes until the show begins children.

Shadow, you cannot make up your mind on a candidate.

[Nathan Towne]

That didn't last very long on the Democratic ticket.

[Nathan Towne]

Why on earth is Carson still in this race? He really should hang it up before the night is out.

[Nathan Towne]

Can we get some real results please master senpais?

Just coming in on CNN.

[Nathan Towne]

CNN has now projected that Trump has won Georgia as well.

[Nathan Towne]

Based on how diverse the numbers coming in from Virginia are right now relative to the areas of the state in which they doing so, I think that the state is looking very good for Trump at the moment.

[Nathan Towne]

Virginia is looking like a victory for Trump to me at the moment.

[Nathan Towne]

lol Rubio's not winning GA, Oldies.

I didn't say he would.  For all I know, the Georgia call may be right.  But I think it's extremely premature to make a call simply based on exit polls, especially when they have differed significantly from actual outcomes in the past.

We are now getting results in from Georgia though and Trump has clearly won the state. He is leading in every county, often by large margins and is running at 50% of the vote.

[Nathan Towne]

lol Rubio's not winning GA, Oldies.

I didn't say he would.  For all I know, the Georgia call may be right.  But I think it's extremely premature to make a call simply based on exit polls, especially when they have differed significantly from actual outcomes in the past.

We are now getting results in from Georgia though and Trump has clearly won the state. He is leading in every county, often by large margins and is running at 50% of the vote.

Dude, 1% of the precincts in is not "clear" by any means.  I suspect Trump will take the state, but I still think it's too early to call it.

Trump is leading in every county that has reported thus far from across the entire state and is leading by 30 percentage points. The results are very consistent across the state as well. Trump has all but sealed Georgia.

[Nathan Towne]

I am simply amazed at how well Kasich is polling in these exit polls coming out of Vermont.

[Nathan Towne]

Guys, stop responding to Oldies. He says the same crap even if it's obvious someone's going to win by 50+ points.

Dude, a candidate can be winning 3 votes to 1 and that would be 75%.  Do you seriously think a race can be called simply by those numbers?

We have enough information in Georgia to call it for Trump though. The size of the leads, the regional diversity, the size of the gap, e.t.c. e.t.c. are all clearly indicating that Georgia has been decided.

[Nathan Towne]

Votes are pouring in now from Virginia. What a fight!

[Nathan Towne]

Question: Has Governor Mary Fallin endorsed a candidate?

[Nathan Towne]

Has Mary Fallin endorsed one of the candidates for the Presidency? Does anyone know?

[Nathan Towne]

Cruz leads TRUMP in OK according to the exit polls, despite most polls taken before this suggesting otherwise. I'm telling you guys, Trump is going to underperform significantly tonight. Trump supporters don't actually turn out to vote.

Enough of them do.

[Nathan Towne]

Has Mary Fallin endorsed one of the candidates for the Presidency? Does anyone know?

Fallin didn't but she has appeared with all the candidates.

I appreciate it.

[Nathan Towne]

With 70% of the vote in, I think that Trump is going to win Virginia.

[Nathan Towne]

The Vermont vote is SLOW coming in.

[Nathan Towne]

LOL at CNN. Nixon carried Arkansas in 1972. Reagan carried Arkansas in 1980 and 1984. H.W. Bush carried Arkansas in 1988.