The Trump Express keeps rolling on the tracks towards Super Tuesday, with results from two of three Saturday Republican presidential primary contests now projecting Trump as taking the lion's share of the day's delegates. Not only are Missouri and Idaho weighing in with their GOP caucuses, but Michigan Republicans chose to award some delegates at its convention this time. More on that in a minute.
2024 front-runner and former President Donald Trump is projected to win the Missouri Republican Caucuses, according to Decision Desk HQ:
Decision Desk HQ projects Donald J. Trump wins the Missouri Republican Caucus.#DecisionMade: 1:46pm ET
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) March 2, 2024
Follow more results here: https://t.co/9PmwlwzgN7 pic.twitter.com/01hPmaihk4
Now, the Michigan Republican Party did hold a primary earlier this week, which the former president won going away, with 68.1 percent of the vote to former UN ambassador Nikki Haley's 26.5 percent—a margin of more than 40 points. Trump garnered 16 delegates.
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On Saturday, the Michigan GOP Convention added to that total, awarding Trump 39 delegates with his victory there:
Trump coasted to victory on Tuesday during the Michigan GOP primary, which awards 16 delegates, beating her by 40 points. Republicans also held a convention on Saturday, which awards 39 delegates, after Democrats changed the date of the primary.
DDHQ estimated by Saturday afternoon that the former president won all 39 delegates in the GOP convention.
As DDHQ also noted on Friday, polling averages are now showing Michigan as a lean Republican state:
Michigan has joined Wisconsin as lean Republican, with former Republican President Donad Trump leading Joe Biden by 4 points, 45% to 41%.
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) March 1, 2024
Check out the latest polling averages in this video: https://t.co/S2z7KOqhbe pic.twitter.com/0DIgEtQD9r
Stay tuned. RedState will bring you coverage of this evening's caucus results from Idaho.
Editor's note: This article was edited for content after publication. It previously stated that Idaho is holding a presidential primary in 2024; it is instead holding caucuses.
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