Nikki Haley hugs fans after losing South Carolina primary
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Former president Donald Trump has defeated Nikki Haley in the South Carolina GOP primary.
The former president’s win was initially projected at 7pm on Saturday night just as polls closed.
Mr Trump secured the expected victory over Ms Haley in her home state, where she served as governor from 2011 to 2017.
This marks yet another defeat for former UN Ambassador Haley, who vowed to continue fighting Mr Trump despite her many primary losses.
Ms Haley stayed resolute even after losing to the “none of these candidates” box listed on Nevada ballot papers earlier this month.
“I said earlier this week that no matter what happens in South Carolina, I would continue to run ... I’m a woman of my word,” she said on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Mr Trump compared migrants to Hannibal Lecter as he claimed that they are coming from “insane asylums” during his almost 90-minute meandering and ominous speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.
The former president was speaking about his anti-Biden messaging efforts on Saturday, saying that “migrant crime” is a “new category of crime”.
Trump takes on Haley with border security issues, indicate exit polls
Exit polls also made something else clear: Donald Trump has boxed out Nikki Haley on the issue of immigration and border security.
That mattered in South Carolina, where 37 per cent of voters listed immigration as their top priority. Of those voters, 82 per cent backed Mr Trump and just 18 per cent supported Ms Haley. And of the 66 per cent of voters who believe undocumented immigrants should be deported to their countries of origin, 77 per cent voted for Mr Trump.
At campaign events, Ms Haley has argued that she, too, takes a hard line on immigration, but Republicans don’t seem to be buying it. Mr Trump’s campaign this week released a TV ad titled “Weakness” that claimed Ms Haley opposed the former president’s so-called Muslim “travel ban” during his administration and questioned the need for a wall along the US border with Mexico.
Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump arrives on stage to speak to supporters during an election night watch party at the State Fairgrounds on 24 February 2024 in Columbia, South Carolina
The site FactCheck.org called the ad misleading, noting that Ms Haley has been supportive of a wall, but she would have favored a more narrowly tailored ban than the one Mr Trump instituted.
Regardless, his attacks seem to have stuck, which does not auger well for Ms Haley’s prospects in a party increasingly consumed by the issue of migrants coming across the border.
Ramaswamy and Kristi Noem tie in CPAC vice president straw poll; Nikki Haley and JD Vance get dead last
As if Saturday could not be any more brutal for Nikki Haley as she lost the presidential primary in her home state of South Carolina, the final day of the Conservative Political Action Conference showed movement conservatives do not want her to be Donald Trump’s running mate.
CPAC closed by showing the final results of the CPAC straw poll, which the former Trump adviser said would be to determine who would “ride shotgun” with Mr Trump.
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, who spoke at the conference on Friday, tied with former presidential candidate and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, who headlined CPAC’s Reagan Dinner on Friday and spoke again on Saturday after Mr Trump, at 15 per cent each.
Former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who has touted her exit from the Democratic Party and spoke on Friday, got second place, with nine per cent of attendees at CPAC supporting her to become Mr Trump’s running mate.
South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, a former presidential candidate who has since endorsed Mr Trump, and House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, the moderate-turned-MAGA New Yorker, both clocked in at 8 per cent.
But Ms Haley, who spoke at CPAC last year but served as the butt of jokes by many at the conference, only won 2 per cent of the vote, tying her with Ohio Senator JD Vance, who spoke for a sitdown interview at CPAC this year.
McLaughlin & Associates, which serves as Mr Trump’s pollsters, ran the survey, which gives the survey an imprimatur of Trump support, even if it is not exactly scientific.
Trump has work to do despite his win in South Carolina primary
In his victory speech, Donald Trump made it clear that he was looking ahead to a November general election matchup against Democratic president Joe Biden. He didn’t mention Nikki Haley’s name once, apparently in a bid to act as if the primary race is over.
But while it appears increasingly improbable that Ms Haley can wrest the nomination from Mr Trump, his win in South Carolina masked a schism in the party that doesn’t seem to be closing.
Ms Haley was on track to finish with about 40 per cent of the vote, a better performance than polls predicted. Last month in New Hampshire, she took about 43 per cent of the vote.
Republican presidential candidate and former US president Donald Trump walks offstage after his remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on 24 February 2024 in National Harbor, Maryland
“Forty percent is not some tiny group,” she told her supporters on Saturday. “There are huge numbers of voters in our Republican primaries who are saying they want an alternative.”
In both states, Ms Haley’s numbers may have been bolstered by moderates or Democrats who voted in the Republican primary for the purpose of stopping Mr Trump.
In South Carolina, Ms Haley got the larger share of votes from voters who said they had never participated in a Republican primary before, according to exit polls by Edison Research. And 69 per cent of self-described moderates went for her.
For Mr Trump, it means there remains a solid chunk of the Republican electorate - as well as large share of independent voters - that he likely will need to win over if he is going to defeat Biden. As of yet, there’s little sign the former president is doing much to court them.
‘I have never seen the Republican Party so unified as it is right now'
“I have never seen the Republican Party so unified as it is right now,” Trump declared, taking the stage for his victory speech mere moments after polls closed. He added, “You can celebrate for about 15 minutes, but then we have to get back to work.”
South Carolina’s first-in-the-South primary has historically been a reliable bellwether for Republicans. In all but one primary since 1980, the Republican winner in South Carolina has gone on to be the party’s nominee. The lone exception was Newt Gingrich in 2012.
Haley said in recent days that she would head straight to Michigan for its Tuesday primary, the last major contest before Super Tuesday. She faces questions about where she might be able to win a contest or be competitive.
Trump and Biden are already behaving like they expect to face off in November.
Maga supporters boo Lindsey Graham as Trump introduces him at South Carolina victory party
Donald Trump defeats Nikki Haley in South Carolina Republican primary
Former president Donald Trump is projected to defeat Nikki Haley in the South Carolina GOP primary, the Associated Press reports.
Mr Trump secured an expected victory over Ms Haley in her home state, where she served as governor from 2011 to 2017. Just thirty minutes after polling closed, CNN reports Mr Trump won more than 60 per cent of the vote.
Earlier this week, Ms Haley spoke at Clemson University about her plans to remain in the presidential race.
“South Carolina will vote on Saturday,” she told audience members. “But on Sunday, I’ll still be running for president. I’m not going anywhere. I’m campaigning every day until the last person votes.”
Meanwhile, Mr Trump and his allies are celebrating.
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster said at Mr Trump’s victory party, “I would like you all to remember this moment that you were here”.
“This is a great moment in American history,” he continued. “We will probably never see another one like it. Every time a rocket launches. You know, it goes up slow and it is climbing and climbing and then boom, that next stage comes off and it goes well we just did that we just hit maximum velocity. Will we go on all the way.”
Trump has now swept every contest that counted for Republican delegates
Donald Trump won South Carolina’s Republican primary on Saturday, beating former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in her home state and further consolidating his path to a third straight GOP nomination.
Trump has now swept every contest that counted for Republican delegates, with wins already in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The former president’s latest victory will likely increase pressure on Haley, who was Trump’s former representative to the U.N. and South Carolina governor from 2011 to 2017, to leave the race.
A 2020 general rematch between Trump and President Joe Biden is becoming increasingly inevitable. Haley has vowed to stay in the race through at least the batch of primaries on March 5, known as Super Tuesday, but was unable to dent Trump’s momentum in her home state despite holding far more campaign events and arguing that the indictments against Trump will hamstring him against Biden.
The Associated Press declared Trump the winner as polls closed statewide at 7 p.m. The AP based its race call on an analysis of AP VoteCast, a comprehensive survey of Republican South Carolina primary voters. The survey confirms the findings of pre-Election Day polls showing Trump far outpacing Haley statewide.
Nikki Haley’s home state comeback didn’t materialise. Now what?
It all came down to this: Nikki Haley had her shot tonight to prove this is still a contest. She failed.
South Carolina voted today. It’s the fifth Republican primary or caucus, after three previous states and the US Virgin Islands were all won by her opponent, frontrunner Donald Trump. But now, the race turns to Ms Haley’s backyard.
In any other contest, a popular two-term governor and former UN ambassador would be presumed to take her home state. Instead, Ms Haley heads into her Charleston election night watch party down 30 points in all available polling and still struggling to make inroads with the conservative Republican base which is firmly backing Mr Trump.
Ms Haley needed a miracle tonight. Her campaign is staring at Super Tuesday down in the polls in every state. She appears to have the fundraising momentum of a candidate with the wind at her back, but is not yet showing any signs of pulling off a victory in any individual state.
To put that in perspective: Donald Trump has won every state so far. He is slated to win every state going forward. In 2016, he lost several states, including Texas, which threw its substantial delegate count behind Ted Cruz instead.
And he still won.
South Carolina was far from the last presidential nominating contest, and Nikki Haley has made it clear: She’s not dropping out until after Super Tuesday at the very least.
‘There are huge numbers of voters in our Republican primaries who are saying they want an alternative'
Haley commits to stay in Republican 2024 race despite losing home state of South Carolina
Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley has pledged to keep fighting for the Republican presidential nomination despite a clear defeat in her home state primary to ex-president Donald Trump.
Mr Trump secured an expected victory over Ms Haley in the Palmetto State, where she served as governor from 2011 to 2017. He is projected to secure roughly 60 per cent of the vote, with nearly 40 per cent of votes going to Ms Haley, according to projections two hours after polls closed. The former president’s series of primary victories continues to solidify his prospects as the 2024 Republican Presidential candidate.
Ms Haley spoke to a group of supporters and journalists at her Charleston, South Carolina watch party just 90 minutes after polls closed, pledging to remain in the race.
“I said earlier this week that no matter what happens in South Carolina, I would continue to run,” she told supporters, who met her words with cheers. “I’m a woman of my word.”
“I’m not giving up this fight when a majority of Americans disapprove of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden,” she added.
The former South Carolina governor also congratulated Mr Trump on his victory.
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