00:00So the Super Tuesday results are out. We know that it's going to be a Trump versus Biden
00:09battle in November. But what are the key lessons for both camps? For one, Trump's support base
00:15is clearly what is driving his surge in the Republican primaries. He's mainly getting
00:20his vote from those who are committed Trump supporters, which is mainly those who do not
00:24have college degrees, whereas more moderate college educated Republican voters are actually
00:29wary of seeing him come back into the White House. So the New York Times has quoted data that shows
00:35that Nikki Haley actually did much better among moderate Republicans. And even though they don't
00:40form a large group in the primaries, they could actually make a significant dent in the general
00:46election, especially if it's a close election. So Trump has to widen his appeal base beyond his
00:51committed supporters to try and move moderate Republicans as well. For Joe Biden, there are
00:56numerous challenges. One is the fact that more and more polls are now showing that Trump is ahead
01:01of him and that more and more Democratic voters who even voted for him in the last election
01:06now believe he's simply too old for the job. The other challenge that Biden is facing is from
01:12the protest votes that we've seen in states like Michigan and North Carolina, where basically a
01:17large number of uncommitted Democratic voters have registered their protest against his staunch
01:23support for Israel in the war on Gaza. This, again, is something that could have the potential
01:28to make a difference if it is a closely fought election. The next few months are going to be
01:33exciting. We still don't know which way this election will go.
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