She was the former US president’s last opponent in the nomination race. Nikki Haley announced, Wednesday March 6, “to suspend” his campaign. Donald Trump, the big favorite in the Republican primaries for the American presidential election, won the polls held in 14 states on Tuesday, according to the results given by the AP agency. Around fifteen states and one territory were called to vote during the traditional “Super Tuesday” to designate the future candidates of the Republican and Democratic parties. Donald Trump now has 995 delegate votes, compared to 89 for Nikki Haley, according to the AP count as of noon (Paris time). The distribution of delegates awarded during “Super Tuesday” has not been finalized and is ongoing. Follow our live stream.
A surprise victory for Nikki Haley. With only 89 voice of delegates, theformer governor of South Carolina is significantly behind Donald Trump. However, she deprived him of the grand slam, winning a surprise victory in the small state of Vermont.
Donald Trump already sees himself as the party’s candidate. The billionaire, who was already well ahead of his rival before “Super Tuesday”, is still missing a few dozen delegate votes to obtain the Republican Party nomination. His team estimates he will reach the threshold of 1,215 votes before the end of March. He greeted “A wonderful evening, an incredible day”Tuesday evening, in front of his supporters gathered at his residence in Mar-a-Lago (Florida).
Joe Biden wins almost every Democratic vote. Unsurprisingly, the outgoing president won easy victories in all the states which voted on the Democratic side, according to the first results communicated during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday by the AP agency. On the other hand, Jason Palmer, an illustrious unknown, won in American Samoa, an archipelago in the Pacific.