“Decisive victory for Trump…Trump’s number of votes is the highest ever”
It was revealed that a record number of voters participated in the Republican Party’s New Hampshire primary, which former US President Donald Trump won by a landslide victory.
According to American media such as CNN and the New York Times (NYT) on the 24th (local time), approximately 320,000 voters participated in the New Hampshire primary held the previous day. Former President Trump won the primary.
This is the highest record among New Hampshire presidential primaries. The previous record was the 2020 Democratic primary, when 296,000 voters participated. Before this, in 2016, 287,000 people participated in the Republican primary.
In this primary, former President Trump won with 54.3% of the votes. Former Ambassador Haley’s side, targeting independent voters, received a total of 43.3% of the vote, and it is believed that party members who supported former President Trump overwhelmingly led to the victory.
CNN said, “The results of the New Hampshire primary are the second decisive victory for Trump (after Iowa),” and added, “Except while in office, no Republican candidate has ever won Iowa or New Hampshire.”
However, former Ambassador Haley’s vote rate in New Hampshire is higher than former President Trump’s vote rate (35.23%) during the 2016 presidential primary. However, the difference was that at that time it was a multi-way battle with Senator Ted Cruz and others participating, and this year it was a two-way battle.
In addition, former President Trump received a total of more than 166,000 votes in this New Hampshire primary, which is the most votes in any primary between the two parties in history. This is why some Republican figures mentioned ‘ending the primary’ after the New Hampshire primary.
After losing to former President Trump in both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, considerable pressure is being placed on former Ambassador Haley within the Republican Party to resign.
Although she is still promising to complete the race, former Ambassador Haley’s path to the presidential election is expected to become even more difficult if she does not achieve notable results in the future primaries.
Source: Donga
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