But the biggest night of the primary season exposed glaring weaknesses in both candidates' electoral coalitions.
Tens of thousands of Democrats furious with Biden over his support for Israel's war in Gaza went for the ballot line "uncommitted" or "no preference" in Minnesota, Massachusetts, and elsewhere on Tuesday, in yet another sign of the fraying alliances between the president and several key constituencies which had helped bring him to power in 2020.
Trump stormed to victory in all but one of the 15 states where Republicans cast their ballots on Tuesday. But his Republican rival, Nikki Haley, drew sizable support from voter blocs that will play a critical role in the November general election. Although Haley ended her presidential campaign yesterday she had performed well in suburbs and college towns, with many of her voters saying they were unlikely to support Trump.
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