Donald Trump wins South Carolina Republican primary
This Saturday, former President Donald Trump handed Nikki Haley the most humiliating defeat in the Republican Party primaries, defeating her by nearly twenty points in her own home, South Carolina, where Haley was born, raised, and was governor in 2011. . Till 2017.
These results make a repeat of the duel between Joe Biden and Donald Trump almost inevitable However, as experienced in the 2020 elections Haley has not given up yet.
According to partial calculations done by various media, Trump has won almost every county except the state’s two largest cities., the capital, Columbia, and coastal Charleston. Trump even won in Bamberg County, Haley’s hometown.
These results, with a slight margin, give Trump 60% of the vote and Haley 40%.According to the South Carolina election system, ‘winner takes all’ in this stateThat is, the 50 delegates that the state contributes to the Republican convention, which, starting on July 15, will name the candidate who will officially face Democrat Joe Biden.
Trump did not want to cause bloodshed in his first statements He didn’t even mention Haley’s name. But he thanked South Carolina for the results in a brief appearance at his campaign gathering in the state capital, Columbia.
Haley, for her part, waited nearly two hours to post her She does not retire because she is “a woman of her word.”“And he feels it is his “obligation” to give voters an option other than ‘Biden against Trump,’ according to the Efe agency, a binary he says 70% of Americans reject.
He later sent a mass text message to his followers saying: “I’m an accountant, I know 40% (your voting percentage) is not 50, but I also know that 40% is not an insignificant group. There is: There is a huge amount of voters in the Republican primaries who are seeking another option.
But despite these words, some media, such as the Wall Street Journal – considered the voice of big companies – have already headlined it In view of today’s tremendous results, pressure is increasing on Haley to withdraw her candidature.
Trump has already won the primaries in Iowa and New Hampshire, while Haley has not won any; Even in Nevada, where Trump was not running, the box most marked by voters was not his, but those who ‘didn’t like any of these candidates.’
To date, Trump had 63 delegates to Haley’s 17; With today’s victory, Trump can add 50 more to his tally.
It is true that this number of delegates is still far less than the 2,429 who will vote June Republican Convention, It is on the so-called ‘Super Tuesday’ (next March 5) when the fate of more than 800 delegates in 16 states will be decided, and that is why Haley promised to at least reach that date.
However, Even he himself had not expected such an unopposed defeat.However, at her last campaign rally yesterday, the atmosphere was defeatist and she did not manage to gather even a thousand people.