Donald Trump is projected to score a victory in Georgia Tuesday. The win comes in a state where evangelicals make up a big part of the Republican electorate and adds to Trump’s momentum in the South. The networks called his victory at 7 p.m. EST, after the polls closed.
Trump was polling well ahead of Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) in Georgia going into Super Tuesday. Trump was at 39 percent, according to TPM’s PollTracker Average, while Rubio and Cruz lagged behind at 21 percent and 18 percent, respectively.
Rubio’s late-in-the-game assault on Trump did little to weaken Trump’s support in the state. Trump’s win in Georgia also comes a day after a group of African-American students were ejected from a campus rally for Trump in the state.
Thank you Georgia!#SuperTuesday #Trump2016
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 2, 2016
