NEW HAMPSHIRE: Donald Trump won New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary polls on Tuesday, Edison Research projected, further asserting the former President’s dominance over the party as he heads toward a likely November rematch with US President Joe Biden.
In a statement President Joe Biden also said after Trump racked up another primary victory in New Hampshire that they were now set to face off in the November presidential polls, with US democracy and “freedoms” at stake. Biden said it was now clear that Trump would be the Republican nominee.
He said, “And my message to the country is the stakes could not be higher. Our Democracy. Our personal freedoms — from the right to choose to the right to vote.”
Trump Closes in on Biden Rematch Following New Hampshire Victory
With 14 % of the expected vote tallied, according to Edison, Trump had around 52.3 percent compared with 46.6 percent for Nikki Haley, who had hoped the Northeastern state’s sizable cadre of independent voters would carry her to an upset victory that might loosen Trump’s iron grip on the Republican.
Instead, Donald Trump will become the first Republican to sweep competitive votes in both Iowa and New Hampshire since 1976, when the two states cemented their status as the first two nominating competitions.
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While the last margin was still unclear, the results will likely increase calls from Republicans for Haley to drop out of the contest, though her drive vowed in a memo on Tuesday to push forward until “Super Tuesday” in early March, when sixteen states vote on the same day.
The next race is scheduled for February 24 in South Carolina, where Haley was born and served two terms as governor of the state. Haley finished third in Iowa, just behind Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, while focusing of her early drive on New Hampshire, where the more moderate electorate was likely to offer perhaps her best chance of winning a state over the former President.
Haley said earlier in the day in Manchester that they just want to keep getting stronger and stronger and stronger and that’s is their goal.
New Hampshire was the first competition to feature a one-on-one matchup between Haley and Trump, following Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, once seen as Trump’s most tough challenger, dropped out on Sunday and also endorsed Trump.
Despite Trump’s victory on Tuesday, however, exit polls hinted at his potential vulnerabilities in a general election drive. Trump faces four sets of criminal charges for a range of offenses, including his efforts to overturn his 2020 defeat and his retention of classified papers after leaving the White House in 2021.
