New Hampshire goes for Trump

As expected, Donald Trump won the New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday, and he did so convincingly, 54.2 percent to 43.7 for his only remaining opponent Nikki Haley – or 136,000 votes to 109,000, when 75 percent of the votes were counted.

No surprise. No drama. It’s done.

The conclusion: The presidential election on November 5, 2024, will be between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.

Nikki Haley still refused to give up and drop out, saying in her concession speech tonight that “the race is far from over.” But it is. And although Haley now returns to her home state, South Carolina, to prepare for the primary election there on February 24, it is far from certain that she will stay in, even if she would like to.

That is because it is far from certain that she will be able to raise the necessary money to compete with Trump, and because the numbers are very unfavorable to her — polls show Trump with a huge lead over Haley, 52 percent to 22, or 30 percentage points.

The New Hampshire election pitted two very different candidates and two very different groups of voters.

• Trump received support from over 70 percent of the voters who call themselves Republican, while 66 percent of the undeclared voters, who were allowed to participate in the Republican primary, voted for Haley.
• 86 percent of Trump’s voters view Biden’s election victory in 2020 as illegitimate, while 77 percent of Haley’s voters say that Biden fairly won that election.
• 77 percent of Haley’s voters were enthusiastic/satisfied with how things are going in America, while 61 percent of Trump’s voters are dissatisfied/angry.
• Only 12 percent of Haley’s voters think that Trump is fit to be president if he is convicted of a crime at any of