Donald Trump had another convincing and successful night on Tuesday, securing wins in Mississippi and Michigan as the tycoon further pushed his dream of securing the Republican nomination.
A series of US news channels projected Mr Trump had won the two states, based on exit polls and early results. Ms Clinton was projected to have easily won Mississippi, with early results showing her leading Bernie Sanders 80-20 in the southern state.
The battle in Michigan was much closer for the Democrats. With around 30 per cent of votes counted, the Vermont senator was a few points ahead of the former secretary of state.
In a speech in Jupiter, Florida, Mr Trump seized on his victory and dismissed his critics, most notably former Republican nominee Mitt Romney, who has spent much of the last week leading a seemingly flailing effort to derail the tycoon’s White House run.
“Many people have called this a movement. Many people want to be involved,” said Mr Trump.
“I think it’s the single biggest story in politics today, what is happening at the polling booth. While the Democrats are down by 35 per cent, we are up. We are talking about millions of people.”
Celebrating his 13th primary victory, added: “There’s only one person who did well tonight and that was Donald Trump.”
Ms Clinton had gone into the Mississippi race with strong expectations after her success in South Carolina ten days ago, and several other southern states on last week’s Super Tuesday.
Her support among African American voters is considerable stronger than that of her Democratic rival, Mr Sanders.
