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The Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is stepping closer to the White House as he scored a big win in the "Super Tuesday" primary, a milestone in the 2016 presidential race.
With a significant disdain for political correctness, the real estate tycoon broke the convention and took a commanding lead among Republican candidates.
By 10 p.m. Tuesday Eastern time (3 a.m. Wednesday GMT), Trump was declared winner of the Republican primaries in Massachusetts, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia.
"Something very big has happened...It's a rebellion against the establishment," Robert Reich, the former Secretary of Labor under U.S. President Bill Clinton.
Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama endorsed Trump at a campaign rally in Huntsville Sunday evening, saying "I told Donald Trump this isn't a campaign, this is a movement,"
"Look at what's happening. The American people are not happy with their government...We are in a movement that must not fade away," he told the crowds.
Trump has frequently made bold and controversial statements that largely appeal to working-class, his staunch supporter.
Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball, the University of Virginia Center for Politics' authoritative, said the anger about that economic instability is part of the reason why people stand by Trump.
"Despite the fact that a lot of the top-line economic statistics are good, for a lot of people, they never recovered from the 2008 crash," he said.
Ted Luszey, who lived in Hudson, New Hampshire for decades, said he did not find his life getting easier despite improving job data.
"My daughter has a business degree, but she has to do three jobs to keep her lower middle class life. I had the same degree as hers, but my life was much easier when I was at her age," he said.
Republicans have been made promises for years and years, but the people's voice was never heard, Diana Phillips, a resident of Arlington, Virginia said.
"So the voters finally said there are somebody who promised us two or three things. If you can give us two or three things and tell us you are listening to us, and maybe you can do two or three things," she said.
"I don't think voters are stupid,"she added."One thing we all missed: he is using his own money, and that is the most amazing part of his candidacy."
Robert Reich said Most economic gains have gone to the top and have translated into political power to rig the system with bank bailouts, corporate subsidies, special tax loopholes, trade deals and increasing market power - all of which have further pushed down wages and pulled up profits.
He noted wealth, power and crony capitalism fit together. So far in the 2016 election, the richest 400 Americans have accounted for over a third of all campaign contributions.
"Americans know a takeover has occurred and they blame the establishment for it," he added.
He expected the rebellion against the establishment will continue. Those with significant economic and political power in America will have to either commit to fundamental reform or relinquish their power.
