Former President Donald Trump once again achieved a landslide victory with more than half of the votes in the New Hampshire primary, the second to select the Republican candidate in the US presidential elections (November 5). Trump, who came in first place with 51% of the vote in the first Iowa caucus on 15th, is expected to further consolidate the “trend theory” as he is also ahead of his rival Haley today.
The AP, the New York Times (NYT) and others reported that Trump defeated his rival, former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, through their own statistics based on vote counting results. With this, Trump wrote a new history for the Republican Party. This is the first time since 1976, when the Iowa caucuses became the first Republican primaries, that a presidential candidate other than the incumbent president has won consecutively in Iowa and New Hampshire.
At 0:30 am (US time) on the 24th, the day after the election, Trump received 54.5% of the vote, ahead of Haley (43.6%) by 10.9 percentage points. The American media suggested a victory margin of 10 percentage points as the standard for a landslide victory in New Hampshire. The NYT said, “Trump’s victory accelerates nomination of Republican presidential nominee” and “With Trump’s victory today, doubts about Haley’s future path are deepening.” AP reported, “Trump received solid support from New Hampshire Republicans” and “even supporters of his rival, Haley, recognized that the GOP was really about him.” However, as Haley announced today that she has no intention of resigning, competition within the party is expected to continue for some time.
Former President Donald Trump, the favorite for the US Republican presidential nomination, visits a polling place in Londonderry, New Hampshire on the 23rd, when the New Hampshire primary is held and speaks. /Reuters Yonhap News
The number of delegates assigned to the Republican Party primaries in New Hampshire is 22, or only 0.9% of the total (2,429). However, since this was the first matchup since the Republican primaries were rearranged between Trump and Haley following the resignation of Florida governor Ron DeSantis on the 20th, attention was focused on the election results.
When Trump was predicted to win around 8pm on this day, Trump sent a text message to his supporters and said: “I just won New Hampshire. Thank you. “Thanks to you I won.”
Trump supporter Jeff Bradley is speaking to a reporter at the event commemorating the end of Donald Trump’s campaign held in Nashua on the afternoon of the New Hampshire primary on the 23rd. He said, “Haley needs to resign as soon as possible.” / Correspondent Lee Min-seok
At 5 pm on this day, the celebration site set up by Trump’s camp to commemorate the end of the election was already in full festive atmosphere. Inside a luxury hotel in Nashua, fans formed a long line to enter the venue. Jeff Bradley (58), who came directly to this hotel after voting for Trump that day, said: “Even without looking at the results, I know Trump won. “Doesn’t this atmosphere tell the result?” He said: “Haley must understand now and pave the way for Mr. President,” and added: “He should resign when the mood is good, so he won’t get angry.”
By winning the first two primaries by a landslide, Trump’s chances of facing incumbent President Joe Biden in the main election as the “Republican presidential candidate” have increased. In a poll conducted by the Center for American Politics (CAPS) at Harvard University and the public opinion polling agency Harris on the 17th and 18th of 2,346 registered voters, 48% responded to Trump. Biden’s approval rating was 41%, ahead of Trump by 7 percentage points. In a three-way contest involving Biden, Trump and independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr., approval ratings were 33%, 41% and 18% respectively, widening the gap between the previous president and the incumbent to 8 percentage points. Biden released a statement immediately after the initial results were announced that Trump won New Hampshire, saying, “It is now clear that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee.”
Trump’s camp also plans to seriously begin “preparing for the finals” as the Republican candidate, starting with today’s victory. A senior Trump campaign official told CNN today: “We plan to expand our campaign in key battleground states where Trump lost to Biden in the 2020 presidential election, such as Georgia, Arizona and Michigan.” The intention is to take preventive action to attract the “moderates” into the electoral competition with Biden. Trump will attend the Republican Party dinner to be held in Arizona on the evening of the 26th and will give a speech.
Republican presidential candidate and former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley speaks after the results of the New Hampshire primary were released during a party in Concord, New Hampshire on the 23rd (local time). /AFP Yonhap News
As Trump defeats Haley in New Hampshire, pressure on Haley to step down as candidate is expected to increase within the party. However, when Trump’s victory was confirmed that day, Haley gave a speech and announced that he had no intention of resigning, saying, “I congratulate Trump on his victory.” He also said, “The election is far from over as there are still many Republican primaries to go” and “I won’t talk about my obituary yet.” The competition for candidates within the Republican Party is expected to be prolonged. Haley’s camp plans to maintain a one-on-one structure with Trump and build momentum to “block Trump’s dominance.”
“The worst kept secret in American politics is how much the Democratic Party wants to oppose Trump,” Haley said. “They know Trump is the only Republican who can beat Joe Biden.” The NYT said: “Haley gave a speech as if she were the winner.”
In response to this, Trump said in a social media post: “Haley said she should have won New Hampshire, but she didn’t” and “He’s disappointed. “Last week he was third.” It was a sarcastic remark about the fact that Haley came in third place in Iowa, in her first primary, behind her and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. In the party speech this day, Trump continued to attack Haley, and Haley’s camp issued a separate statement and continued the conflict, saying: “If Trump is in such good shape, why is he so angry?”
The next battleground is South Carolina, where the Republican primaries will be held a month later, on the 24th of next month. This is Haley’s “political hometown,” where she served as governor for eight years. If Trump wins South Carolina by a wide margin, many predict that Haley will have trouble holding on much longer. Subsequently, primary elections will be held in 16 locations, including primaries in California (169 delegates) and Texas (161 delegates) on March 5, called “Super Tuesday”. On this day the direction of a total of 874 delegates (approximately 36% of the total) will be decided.
Next, the Republican Party will select its final candidate at its national convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in July. The Democratic Party, which has practically confirmed Biden’s candidacy, also plans to hold a national primary and start a candidate confirmation process in August, although this is a formality.
2024-01-24 04:30:00
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