Donald Trump or Nikki Haley? New Hampshire will decide who the US Republicans will field against Joe Biden in the 2024 US election.
- Trump attacked Haley: Donald Trump calls challenger a “loser” with a view to the 2024 US election
- Area codes in New Hampshire: First partial success for Nikki Haley in the Republican primaries
- Primaries of the republican: Trump or Haley? Who will win the US primaries?
Update from January 23rd, 5:35 p.m.: Nikki Haley has responded to Donald Trump’s recommendation that she drop out of the US Republican primaries. “I don’t do what he tells me. I’ve never done what he told me to do,” the Republican candidate told one CNN-Journalist in New Hampshire.
Trump is said to have initially offered Haley the post of Secretary of State in 2016 after his election victory. Ultimately, he appointed her as the US ambassador to the UN. As the Trump administration’s representative at the United Nations, Haley was always present in the public eye and was the subject of the trade magazine Politico at the time as the country’s “leading voice on foreign policy issues.”
US primaries in New Hampshire cost Republicans $77 million
Update from January 23rd, 4:47 p.m.: The US primaries have been running across New Hampshire for around two hours. A total of 24 names are on the list of potential candidates. This comes from information from the US news channel CBS out.
The US primaries in New Hampshire will definitely be expensive for the Republicans. According to information from CNN The candidates, the party and affiliated groups spent a total of $77 million on the campaign. That is significantly more than the Democrats’ spending four years earlier, which was around $50 million.
Nikki Haley does significantly more campaigning in New Hampshire than Donald Trump
Update from January 23rd, 2:50 p.m.: In one respect, Nikki Haley is ahead of Donald Trump in the US primaries in New Hampshire: According to an analysis by the news channel CNN, the former UN ambassador attended significantly more campaign events in New Hampshire. Haley has been present at 25 events since January 15, 2024. Trump only attended nine events in the same period. That may be at least partly because the former president and favorite for the Republican nomination has to spend a lot of time in courtrooms. In that week from January 15th to 23rd, Trump was in New York for three days alone because of trials against him and his company.
Update from January 23rd, 1:10 p.m.: In the latest poll for the US primaries in New Hampshire, Donald Trump continues to expand his lead. According to the survey by the “Insider Advantage” institute, Nikki Haley has 35 percent approval. Trump therefore receives 62 percent. Only three percent of those surveyed said they had not yet made a decision.
Trump calls Haley a ‘loser’ ahead of US primaries in New Hampshire
Update from January 23rd, 11:55 a.m.: On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, Donald Trump attacked his rival. “If you want a loser who will put America last, vote for Nikki Haley,” the former president said, according to the British BBC at a campaign rally in Laconia.
Update from January 23rd, 11 a.m.: In the US primaries in New Hampshire, Donald Trump and Nikki Haley are up for a total of 22 voters. In the Iowa caucuses there were 40 voters, of which Trump won 20. Haley had eight voters there. In comparison: The primary elections in the US state of Texas will involve a total of 161 voters, and in California even 169.
Nikki Haley doesn’t want to give up even if she loses in New Hampshire
Update from January 23rd, 10:15 a.m.: Even if she loses in New Hampshire, Nikki Haley doesn’t want to give up. The 52-year-old politician already indicated this in advance. There has also been speculation in the past about whether Donald Trump would make Haley his vice presidential candidate after the US primaries. The ex-president has not yet announced a decision about this appointment. In an interview with Fox News However, Trump described Haley’s nomination as “very unlikely”.
Update from January 23rd, 9:25 a.m.: It is not yet clear when further results from the New Hampshire primaries will be announced. The voting process runs until 8 p.m. local time (2 a.m. German time).
Nikki Haley celebrates first victory in US primaries in New Hampshire
Update from January 23rd, 8:35 a.m.: A good start for Nikki Haley in the New Hampshire primary. The former United Nations ambassador won all six votes cast in the hamlet of Dixville Notch. This is what the radio station reports National Public Radio on Tuesday morning.
The settlement is located about 30 kilometers from the Canadian border and is known for announcing the results of the primary and presidential elections shortly after midnight.
US primaries continue in New Hampshire
First report from January 23, 2024: Concorde, New Hampshire – “Tomorrow we will win New Hampshire!” Shortly before the US Republican presidential primaries on Tuesday (January 23, local time) in the state of New Hampshire, ex-President Donald Trump was as confident of victory as usual.
“Now we’re down to two people and I think one person will probably be gone tomorrow and the other will be gone in November,” he continued. His last remaining competitor in the Republican primary is former South Carolina governor and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley. The second person refers to US President Joe Biden, whom Trump then wants to beat in the presidential election on November 5th.
Anyone who wants to become a presidential candidate in the USA must first prevail in internal party primaries. The candidates are then officially chosen at party conferences in the summer.
US Republican primaries in New Hampshire: Trump clearly ahead
Current polls also see Trump clearly ahead of Haley in New Hampshire. While Trump can expect around 50 percent, the former UN ambassador gets around 36 percent. With a victory, Trump could set the course for his candidacy early; he had already clearly won in Iowa in the first primary election.
Haley still has high hopes for the vote in New Hampshire. Voters registered as independents are also allowed to take part in Republican primaries, which favors moderate candidates.
US primaries in New Hampshire: Democrats also vote
New Hampshire will also vote on the Democratic presidential candidate. However, incumbent Joe Biden, who wants to run for a second term, is not on the ballot. The background is an internal dispute: The Democratic Party wanted to move the start of the primary election series to South Carolina – to a state with a more diverse electorate, in order to give the votes of black voters a larger stage. The vote there is scheduled for February 3rd. However, New Hampshire did not want to lose its status as the first primary election state and insisted on its early voting date.
Biden stuck to the party line and did not get on the ballot in New Hampshire. Only largely unknown candidates are listed there who have no chance whatsoever due to a lack of celebrity. As the incumbent, Biden has no serious competition anyway. (talk to agencies)