Former US President Donald Trump wins in New Hampshire with an 11-point advantage over Nikki Haley, an advantage that seems insurmountable for the former UN ambassador, who affirms that she will continue fighting to be the Republican candidate for the White House.

The victory is significant in a State with a more moderate tradition. Now, Haley will have to fight the battle in his home state of South Carolina.

The American tycoon is thus on his way to consolidating himself as the Republican candidate for the United States presidential elections at the end of 2024. The former president has exceeded the forecasts and is thus heading towards his third consecutive presidential nomination that, probably, can only be stopped by a collapse unprecedented or unforeseen external circumstances.

Never before has a presidential candidate won the first two contests on the primary nomination calendar – as Trump has done now – and failed in his attempt to become the party’s nominee for the general elections.

In this way, Trump’s victory substantially increases the probability of a ‘rematch’ in new elections that can be decided, once again, between him and President Joe Biden.

All after numerous controversies and after winning in a state that, according to forecasts, former President Donald Trump could lose, since the moderate tradition of New Hampshire, the participation of independents, a huge advertising disparity and even a popular governor played in his favor. against.

The former president arrived at the meeting after having swept Iowa with 51.1% of the votes. Thus, Trump achieved victory in all counties except one and won 20 delegates (with 55,432 votes), a figure much higher than that of the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, with eight delegates (23,054 votes, 21.2%), and the former US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haleywith four other delegates and the victory in Johnson County (20,687 votes, 19%), as reported by the CNN television network.

Precisely, this victory led to the resignation of Ron DeSantis as a candidate, who just hours after the results, presented his support for the former president in the race for the presidential nomination.

Revenge against Biden?

US President Joe Biden has also emerged victorious from an unusual Democratic write-in vote in the New Hampshire primary, despite his name not being on the ballot.

According to Edison Research, Biden He beat two Democrats whose names were on the ballot: Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips and self-help author Marianne Williamson.

The incumbent’s victory was the end result of a fervent write-in campaign orchestrated by New Hampshire Democrats, concerned about the national party’s decision to send the first primary elections from the state to the most diverse South Carolina.

Biden obtained about 68% of the vote, with 40% of the votes counted, while Phillips obtained about 20%. However, the 55-year-old Democrat had said in the days before Election Day that he would continue his campaign. He argues that Biden is weak and unelectable and vulnerable to defeat by the likely Republican nominee, Donald Trump.