3/1/16, "Donald Trump Overwhelms G.O.P. Rivals From Alabama to Massachusetts," NY Times, Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin, "A version of this article appears in print on March 2, 2016, on page A1 of the New York edition"
"Donald J. Trump won sweeping victories across the South and in New England on Tuesday, a show of strength in the Republican primary campaign that underscored the breadth of his appeal and helped him begin to amass a wide delegate advantage despite growing resistance to his candidacy among party leaders.
Mr. Trump’s political coalition-with his lopsided victories in Alabama, Georgia, Massachusetts and Tennessee, and narrower ones in Arkansas, Vermont and Virginia-appears to have transcended the regional and ideological divisions that have shaped the Republican Party in recent years."...
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Linked in above NY Times article: "Surprising depth and diversity of support that
could sustain him as a front-runner in the critical weeks to come."...
3/1/16, "Donald Trump’s Backers Express Deep and Diverse Support," NY Times, Ashley Parker, Maggie Haberman, "A version of this article appears in print on March 2, 2016, on page A21 of the New York edition with the headline: Trump Backers Voice Deep and Diverse Support."
"Mr.
Trump’s string of victories Tuesday, the biggest day of primary voting,
was not unexpected. But interviews with Trump voters from the
middle-class suburbs of Minneapolis to the foothills of the Blue Ridge
Mountains revealed a surprising depth and diversity of support that
could sustain him as a front-runner in the critical weeks to come.
They delivered him victories in conservative Southern strongholds like Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, as well as Northern states like Massachusetts, where centrist Republicans hold sway. And though he lost to Senator Ted Cruz in Mr. Cruz’s home state, Texas, Mr. Trump prevailed in Virginia, fending off Senator Marco Rubio of Florida....
In interviews, Mr. Trump’s supporters did not appear defined by a common ideology. But they had a unifying motivation — a deep-rooted, pervasive sense of anxiety about the state of the country, and an anger and frustration at those they felt were encroaching on their way of life....
They delivered him victories in conservative Southern strongholds like Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, as well as Northern states like Massachusetts, where centrist Republicans hold sway. And though he lost to Senator Ted Cruz in Mr. Cruz’s home state, Texas, Mr. Trump prevailed in Virginia, fending off Senator Marco Rubio of Florida....
In interviews, Mr. Trump’s supporters did not appear defined by a common ideology. But they had a unifying motivation — a deep-rooted, pervasive sense of anxiety about the state of the country, and an anger and frustration at those they felt were encroaching on their way of life....
“He’s
saying how the people really feel,” said Janet Aguilar, 59, clad in a
Red Sox jacket, who voted for Mr. Trump in Everett, Mass. “We’re all
afraid to say it.”"...
Above, from NY Times front page banner, Wed., 3/2/16
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