In Her First Primary Victory, Nikki Haley Defeats Trump in Washington, DC
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Nikki Haley, the Republican candidate for president, won the Washington, DC primary on Sunday, marking her first win in the nomination contest. Only 19 of the 1,215 delegates required to secure the nomination will be hers after her victory.
Nikki Haley, a candidate for president, emerged victorious in Sunday’s Republican primary in Washington, DC. This was not only her first win in the nomination process but also a momentous occasion for the former US ambassador to the UN, according to Edison Research.
Haley, the sole contender left in the campaign against Donald Trump, received 62.9% of the vote to the former president’s 33.2%.
In her pursuit of the Republican nomination to challenge President Joe Biden, the presumed Democratic nominee, in November, she continues to confront almost insurmountable odds. Prior to losing to Haley in the nation’s capital, Trump secured a commanding lead in each of the first eight nomination contests.
According to public polls, the former president is also predicted to win practically all future nomination races.
Being entirely urban, a sizable percentage of people in Washington, DC, have college degrees. Trump’s supporters are mostly from rural areas, and he is especially popular there when there is a low level of education.
Additionally, a sizable population of federal employees resides in the city, whom Trump supporters have promised to remove in large numbers and replace with supporters if he wins in November. There has been a rise in death threats against certain federal employees in recent years, and Trump frequently calls the Washington, DC, area the “swamp.”
Haley’s victory will yield her 19 delegates, which is only a small fraction of the 1,215 delegates needed to clinch the nomination.
Her success would shield her from accusations that she can’t win a single nomination process, but other Republicans might view her popularity in Washington negatively. Trump and other party leaders frequently depict the city as being controlled by out-of-touch elites and plagued by crime.
Republicans in the nation’s capital have rejected Trump before. Even though he went on to win the nomination nationally, Trump garnered less than 14% of the vote and no delegates in the most recent fierce Republican primary in the District of Columbia in 2016.
On Tuesday, the largest day of the presidential primary nomination contests, voters in fifteen states and one US territory will cast ballots or caucus. Dubbed “Super Tuesday,” 874 Republican delegates will be up for grabs.
The Democratic primary in Washington will be held in June.
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