Donald Trump won this Tuesday, January 23 in New Hampshire, the second state to participate in the Republican Party primaries.
The arch-favorite of the Republican primaries, Donald Trump, won this Tuesday, January 23 against his former ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, in New Hampshire, according to projections from Decision Desk and the Associated Press agency. Partial results (on 80% of the votes) give Donald Trump in the lead with 54.8% of the votes, ahead of Nikki Haley and her 43.6%.
Donald Trump’s victory was expected, but a significant participation of “independent” voters could lead Nikki Haley to believe a possible surprise, many of them having mobilized “against” the former tenant of the White House.
On his social network Truth Social a few hours before the announcement of the results, Donald Trump was also concerned about this participation of independents.
The latest polls gave the Republican billionaire a large lead (around 18 points), but this Tuesday’s results are less significant for the moment (11 points).
“The race is far from over”
What will happen now for the former UN ambassador, who intends to embody the alternative to Donald Trump? After this failure in New Hampshire, his victory seems more than compromised.
The next elections, in Nevada in particular, will offer a new victory to the former tenant of the White House. Above all, the polls for the primary organized on February 24 in South Carolina, the state where Nikki Haley is from, give an insurmountable lead to Donald Trump.
This is not what the former UN ambassador has decided for the moment. “The race is far from over,” she told her supporters this Tuesday evening.
Voters “deserve to have a choice” over the next two months, assures Nikki Haley, who believes that a “Trump inauguration would be a victory for Biden”.
For his part, the Democratic president easily won in the primaries organized by his party in New Hampshire. Even though his name didn’t even appear on the ballot papers. An incongruity linked to a disagreement on the electoral calendar.