63% vs 33%… First victory after losing to Trump in a row
Washington DC, Democratic Party strong… There doesn’t seem to be much change in the primary race.
Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, who had lost repeatedly in the party’s primary in this year’s presidential election, won on the 3rd (local time) in the Washington, D.C. primary in the U.S. capital.
The Washington DC Republican Party issued a press release at 8:30 p.m. on this day (10:30 a.m. on the 4th, Korean time), saying that former Ambassador Haley won 62.86% of the votes in the primary, defeating former President Trump, who received 33.22%. revealed.
2,035 people participated in the Washington DC primary, where 19 delegates were at stake. The name of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who had already resigned, remained on the ballot, but he received 1.87% of the vote, so it is difficult to see him as defeating former President Trump.
With today’s results, former Ambassador Haley achieved her first valuable victory since the start of this year’s Republican presidential primary. As the only opponent in the primary dominated by former President Trump, he has been under pressure from both inside and outside the party to resign.
Former Ambassador Haley lost in the primaries held in New Hampshire and South Carolina. However, it received support of 43.2% and 39.5% in each state, and was evaluated as showing the existence of a moderate conservative public sentiment that is divorced from the strong Republican Party of MAGA (Make America Great Again).
First of all, it does not seem likely that this victory will meaningfully change the landscape of the future Republican primary. Washington, D.C. is traditionally a Democratic-centered, progressive-leaning region, and it is analyzed that there are not many Republicans.
In an NBC interview before the results were announced today, former Ambassador Haley distanced herself from the prospect of resignation, saying, “You don’t think about defeat during a primary.” His future actions are expected to be decided in the ‘Super Tuesday’ primary on the 5th.
Source: Donga
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