SEATTLE — It’s long been known as “Super Tuesday,” but this year might not be so special.

This day on the U.S. presidential campaign calendar is when 15 states vote in primaries and provide one-third of the convention delegates to candidates seeking their party’s nomination.

The excitement is less high this year, and for one simple reason: While polls show that as many as 70 percent of Americans do want a rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, that’s the inexorable direction we’re heading.

Trump received a huge boost on Monday from a Supreme Court ruling that said he could remain on the ballot, overturning a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that left him seemingly invincible.

Indeed, Nikki Haley, 52, is still challenging the former president for the Republican nomination, but she won just one state, while Trump, 77, won Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina, Michigan, Missouri and Idaho.

Over the weekend, Haley notched her first victory, defeating Washington, D.C. and its establishment Republicans 63% to 33% in what may be her only victory.

Trump has secured 244 delegates to Haley’s 43 and needs 1,215 delegates to win the nomination. While neither candidate will quite hit that threshold on Tuesday, it could put them on the right track.

Despite widespread concerns among voters about his age, the 81-year-old Biden also embarked on a path to the Democratic re-election nomination and scored huge victories in South Carolina, Nevada, New Hampshire and Michigan. His only challengers, Congressman Dean Phillips and lifestyle guru Marianne Williamson, both scored in the low single digits.

“Incumbents tend to have big leads going into Super Tuesday. While Trump is not the current president, he is similar to the current president in some ways because he has only recently taken office,” said Gayle of Fairfield University in Connecticut. Professor Alberta tells us I.

She added: “Voters know what they’re going to get from Trump, and Haley has never been president. Voters don’t know how she’s going to be president; they just do what she says.”

Trump’s former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley is facing growing pressure to withdraw, especially after her 60-40 defeat in her home state. Over the weekend, however, she insisted that as many voters as possible should be given a voice.

In an interview with NBC News Meet the mediaWhen asked if she would drop out if she loses on Super Tuesday, Haley said she doesn’t have “too much foresight.”

“As long as we’re competitive, as long as we show we have a place, I’m going to keep fighting,” she said.

She added: “I think we deserve better. Americans deserve better. We can’t say our only options are Joe Biden and Donald Trump. We can’t. Two octogenarians two people who continue to drive this divide between America.”

Notably, although she has previously said she would support Trump if he wins the nomination, she has refused to do so, saying “if you talk about support, you’re talking about failure.”

Trump has long called for Haley to drop out and continued to attack her, writing on social media: “Bird Bryan is a loser and is performing at record lows in almost every state.”

Hailey can continue her efforts after Super Tuesday if she wants to. Her campaign is not short of money. In February, the former two-term governor of South Carolina said her campaign had raised $12 million.

Haley also ended up getting several endorsements from the U.S. Senate — Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine, who said they supported her over Trump general.

“I’m proud to support Haley,” Murkowski said. “America needs someone with the right values, energy and judgment to serve as our next president – ​​and there is no one better than her in this race.”

Their support is notable, however, because she has received little support from top Republicans, with only a handful of members of Congress and governors backing her over Trump so far.

While Haley said Super Tuesday isn’t a make-or-break moment for her and her campaign, many experts believe it is.

Professor Eric Nisbet, a political scientist at Northwestern University in Illinois, said I When the results come in, Haley will need to continue proving that to her supporters.

“In order for her to stay and have the money to continue, she doesn’t necessarily need to win any of them – although it would give her a huge boost,” he said.

“But she would need to be at least close to Trump — within 5 to 8 percentage points in some primaries, for example — to give her supporters hope and demonstrate a level of competitiveness.”