Trump, Clinton Pound the Competition in Super Tuesday Wins

The Super Tuesday primaries gave frontrunners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton a commanding lead in their parties' nomination battles.
 
"This has been an amazing evening!" the billionaire declared in his victory speech Tuesday night.

Meanwhile, Clinton told supporters, "We know we've got work to do. It's not to make America great again. America never stopped being great. We have to make America whole ... and fill in what's been hollowed out."

CBN News Chief Political Correspondent shares his insights on the outcome of the Super Tuesday primaries. Click play to watch.
 
Voter turnout in Virginia, Georgia, Texas, Alabama and Oklahoma shattered previously held records in 2000 and 2008.
 
Tuesday's primary results had the Democratic and Republican frontrunners racking up huge gains in the march to their party's nomination, with both winning seven states.
 
"The stakes in this election have never been higher - and the rhetoric we're hearing on the other side has never lower," Clinton said.

Dr. Paul Bonicelli, professor of government at Regent University, breaks down the numbers from last night's Super Tuesday primaries. Watch below.

 
While Democrats struggled to get out the vote on Tuesday, Republican enthusiasm is at an all-time high, thanks to Trump.
 
"I am a unifier," the billionaire declared. "Once we get all of this finished I'm gonna go after one person - that's Hillary Clinton"
 
But Trump's GOP rivals aren't giving up just yet.
 
Sen. Ted Cruz won his home state of Texas and added Oklahoma and Alaska. On Tuesday night, he asked fellow GOP rivals to step aside and get behind his campaign to stop Trump.
 
"So long as the field remains divided, Donald Trump's path to the nomination remains more likely, and that would be a disaster for Republicans," he warned.
 
Sen. Marco Rubio captured his first victory in the contest, winning the Minnesota caucuses.
 
"I will campaign as long as it takes and wherever it takes to ensure that I am the next president of the United States," the Florida lawmaker vowed.
 
Meanwhile, Ohio Gov. John Kasich put up a stronger than expected performance in Vermont, and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson continues to lag far behind in fifth place.

Then there's Bernie Sanders. His odds of getting the Democratic nomination after Tuesday's results are even slimmer than they were before.

Still, he beat Clinton in four states -- and in front of more than 4,000 supporters he made it clear he wasn't going anywhere.
 
"It is not winner take all. By the end of tonight, we are going to win many hundreds of delegates," he said.
 
Now Republicans are looking to the upcoming primaries in Michigan, Ohio and Florida as Trump tries to build on his lead, and his rivals hope to start catching up.