The race for the White House: Donald Trump and Joe Biden are already chasing Nikki Haley’s votes

Donald Trump won the “Super Tuesday” election by a landslide and this Wednesday he overcame the last obstacle he had left to fight against Joe Biden for his return to the White House: Nikki Haley, his rival in the Republican primary, has abandoned the campaign and the way is now open for the tycoon to focus on the general elections on November 5th. Both candidates have already decided to win over the voters of the former ambassador to the United Nations.

trump Tuesday easily won 14 of 15 states where the Republican primaries were contested, while Haley won only one, the progressive one in Vermont. Biden also triumphed in the Democratic primaries in all states, where he competed calmly with almost no rivals. Trump will be able to mathematically confirm his presidential candidacy on the 12th and Biden, with certainty, on March 19th.

Although the former president was already considering the nomination, the decision of his former ambassador and former governor of South Carolina it gives him respite and leaves him the undisputed leader of his party, even if he now has to work to attract anti-Trump voters, because, by rejecting his candidacy, he avoided supporting Trump.

At a news conference Wednesday morning, Haley spoke for the first time since the results became known. “The time has come to suspend my campaign (…). Now it is up to Trump to win the votes of those inside and outside our party who did not support him. And I hope he does,” he said in Charleston, South. Carolina. “Never just follow the crowd, always make your own decisionsHaley said.

The electorate of this 52-year-old woman, the first to win two states in the history of the Republican Party, It is conservative but more moderate, linked to the traditional style, globalist and Reaganite of the Grand Old Party. It has a majority of votes among women, young people and a more educated profile, which clearly contrasts with Trump’s MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement, which has a male majority, white base (although it incorporates African Americans and Latinos) and older ages, a profile that has clearly taken over the game.

The race between Trump and Biden for November appears close, today with a trend of two points in favor of the tycoon, according to the RealClearPolitics poll average, even if the Republican is leading in several key states. It is therefore not surprising that both candidates immediately went to try seduce Haley voters.

“Nikki Haley was DEFEATED last night, in record fashion, even though Democrats, for reasons unknown, are allowed to vote in Vermont and several other Republican primaries,” Trump posted on Truth Social this Wednesday, minutes after Haley he suspended his campaign.

“I would like to thank my family, my friends and the Greater Republican Party for helping me produce, thus far, the most successful Super Tuesday in HISTORYand I would also like to invite all Haley supporters to join the greatest movement in our nation’s history,” he added. “BIDEN IS THE ENEMY. IT IS DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY.”

True to form, he also continued to hit it off by saying that Haley’s campaign it was funded “by radical left-wing Democratsas many of his constituents do” and said he hoped she would join his campaign.

The Democrat

Biden is also seeking the former official’s vote and has anticipated it in no uncertain terms. “Trump has made it clear that he doesn’t want Nikki Haley’s fans. I want to be clear: there is a place for them in my campaign“Biden said in a statement. “I know there are a lot of things we won’t agree on. But on fundamental issues such as preserving American democracy, upholding the rule of law, treating each other with decency, dignity and respect, preserving NATO, and confronting America’s adversaries, I hope and believe we can find common ground.” declared.

In the United States Traditionally, whoever prevails among the moderate and independent electorate wins. It happened to Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Trump and Biden themselves, who managed to connect with that sector at the time. But this year’s duel will be free of surprises: both already have a mandate behind them and Trump is not the “outsider” showman who seduced deep America.

Moreover, There are 91 charges and four criminal proceedings against him for which he could be convicted: although in the United States a president can govern from prison and the Republican base does not care, a conviction could affect the views of the less extremist electorate.

Haley voters They don’t want Trump’s chaos, mismanagement and unpredictability can lead him back to the White House. A Quinnipiac poll found that while a large share of Haley’s Republican and Republican-leaning voters would support Trump, 37% would vote for Biden.

The president, meanwhile, seeks to extend Super Tuesday momentum into this Thursday, when he will deliver his traditional State of the Union address on prime-time television, which will serve as his campaign lectern in this election year. Biden will praise his management, especially from an economic point of view Because, even though the economy is doing well and inflation has dropped to near-normal levels for the country, this is an issue that Americans still view with great concern.