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Post by Webster on Jan 23, 2024 17:25:20 GMT -5
(The Guardian) Linda Gallant of Derry doesn’t typically vote in the Republican primary. But the undeclared voter pulled a Republican ballot today. She said: I’ll vote for anyone that has a chance to beat Trump.Her support for Haley is mostly about denying Trump the nomination, but she said she could be persuaded to support her in a general election against Joe Biden, whom she voted for in 2020. -- She’s young, she’s fresh. I think she brings a different energy.Trump “brings chaos wherever he goes, like she says. He’s not a nice person. He’s not an admirable person. She is and so is Joe Biden, but anybody other than Trump.”
Donald Trump, at a polling site in New Hampshire this afternoon, insisted Nikki Haley wasn’t a threat to his campaign and predicted a “big loss” for his rival in the state. He said: I think she’s worked very hard, but I couldn’t care less, if she drops out that’s fine.Trump said he wouldn’t comment when asked if he had spoken with Ron DeSantis since the Florida governor dropped out of the race on Sunday and endorsed him.
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Post by Webster on Jan 23, 2024 18:07:52 GMT -5
Polls set to close across most of New Hampshire at 7pm...
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Post by Webster on Jan 23, 2024 18:09:31 GMT -5
Donald Trump speaks during his final rally before the New Hampshire primaries in Laconia last night. Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP Donald Trump (left) listens as senator Tim Scott speaks. Vivek Ramaswamy, is behind him on the far right, next to North Dakota governor, Doug Burgum. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Post by Webster on Jan 23, 2024 18:10:13 GMT -5
(The Guardian) When it comes to Trump country in New Hampshire, look no further than Belknap county, one of two that Donald Trump won three years ago. He lost the state overall, as every Republican candidate has since George W Bush’s victory in 2000. But in the lakeside town of Laconia, where voters chose Trump in 2016 and 2020, the former president’s faithful were making their way to a church in a quiet neighborhood to give him another shot at victory in November. As she left the polling station, 52-year-old Denise Forgione recounted how she likes “everything” about Trump. “He’s a strong leader, and he will get (stuff) done,” she told the Guardian’s US politics live blog. She had voted for him previously, and the only other candidate she was considering this year was Florida governor Ron DeSantis, who on Sunday dropped out and endorsed Trump. One candidate she had no interest in was Nikki Haley. “She just isn’t in my wheelhouse of what I’m looking for in a president,” Forgione said. Why? “She lies. A lot.” She wouldn’t go into how she believed the former South Carolina governor had deceived voters, but she expected her to fail in her quest to win the state. “With her, I still think it will be very close, but Trump will take it.”
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Post by Webster on Jan 23, 2024 19:43:35 GMT -5
Polls have closed across most of the Granite State; remaining polls to close at 8pm...
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Post by Webster on Jan 23, 2024 19:44:19 GMT -5
(The Guardian) Donald Trump’s allies are predicting victory by “a big margin” in New Hampshire and are seeking to isolate Nikki Haley as the last Republican refusing to acknowledge that Trump will be the party nominee. Speaking at the Sheraton Nashua hotel ahead of Trump’s election watch party, Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for Trump’s Super Pac, Make America Great Again Inc, said: “A win is a win and we’re very confident that President Trump will win by a big margin here in New Hampshire. The polls have indicated that since the beginning of this race and the enthusiasm on the ground, you can tell. We have the best ground game in this state.” Leavitt, who hails from New Hampshire and was a staffer in the first Trump administration, added: “We’ve been saying for a long time that Nikki Haley does not have a pathway to this nomination, and it’s been true for months. It certainly is true after Iowa, where she came in an embarrassing third place and it will be true again after tonight. That’s a decision Nikki Haley has to make. “She seems to be the only Republican left in America who doesn’t realise that President Trump is going to be the nominee and who doesn’t want to start taking this fight to Joe Biden and the Democrats,” Leavitt added.
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Post by Webster on Jan 23, 2024 19:44:56 GMT -5
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Post by Webster on Jan 23, 2024 19:45:53 GMT -5
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Post by Webster on Jan 23, 2024 19:47:00 GMT -5
(The Guardian) As Nikki Haley chases an upset in the Granite State, someone will be missing from her election night watch party: her husband. Michael Haley is currently deployed on a yearlong mission in Africa with the South Carolina National Guard. He previously deployed to Afghanistan in 2012, while she was governor of South Carolina. Haley references his service and her experience as the “proud wife of a combat veteran” frequently in her stump speech. In it, she recalls dropping him off at “4am for another yearlong deployment,” watching her husband join hundreds of soldiers depart for a country they’ve never been “all in the name of protecting America.” “They’re willing to sacrifice their lives and their families, because they still believe in this amazing experiment,” she said in Salem, New Hampshire on Monday. She uses this story as a segway to talk about her platform for veterans and criticize Biden’s handling of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. She also invoked Michael to respond to the interruptions by protesters during her events. In Exeter, as security removed a protester holding a banner that said “Oil Sellout”, Haley said: “I am always happy to see a protester because my husband and many military men and women sacrifice every day for them to be able to do that.” It was one of her strongest applause lines of the evening. Haley is not entirely without family on the trail. Her children, Rena and Nalin, and son-in-law, Josh Jackson, have been a constant presence at her campaign events in the final days before the primary.
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Post by Webster on Jan 23, 2024 19:56:45 GMT -5
(Associated Press) Why AP isn’t using ‘presumptive nominee’ to describe presidential candidates-There often comes a time in modern presidential campaigns when the last bit of drama has been drained out of a party nomination fight and the crowning of the eventual standard-bearer seems like a foregone conclusion. But we’re not there yet. Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump are the front-runners for their respective parties’ presidential nominations. Though you may start to hear them referred to as their parties’ “presumptive nominees,” The Associated Press only uses that term once a candidate has captured the number of delegates needed to win a majority vote at the national party conventions this summer. That point won’t come until after more states have voted. For both Republicans and Democrats, the earliest it could happen is March.
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Post by Webster on Jan 23, 2024 19:57:36 GMT -5
(The Guardian) Disgraced ex-congressman George Santos has shown up at Donald Trump’s election watch party. Queuing at the bar, he denied that he is here as an official campaign surrogate. “I’m just here to have fun,” he told the Guardian. “It’s a three hour drive for me.” Santos was expelled last month from the House of Representatives. Asked what he is up to these days, Santos smiled: “Having fun. I’m enjoying my pink slip moment.” Trump’s election night party is at the Sheraton Nashua, where rooms start at $489 per night. Its website states: “The grand exterior of this castle-like hotel draws inspiration from medieval European castles, while the interior is built upon creating community-fluid spaces that feel warm and inviting.” The hotel is buzzing ahead of Trump’s expected victory in the New Hampshire primary election. People wearing Maga and USA hats, and Stars and Stripes scarves, are wandering about in the bar area. Vivek Ramaswamy popped into the hotel restaurant and was greeted by fans wanting handshakes. The focal point is a fancy hotel ballroom where guests are gathering and making noise. The familiar Trump lectern and row of American flags is on stage. Trump surrogates such as Ramaswamy, Byron Donalds and Kari Lake are in the room doing media interviews. But as the years go by and election cycles come and go, one thing doesn’t change: journalists swapping tales about their lack of internet access on the campaign trail.
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Post by Webster on Jan 23, 2024 20:01:25 GMT -5
As the last polls close in New Hampshire, here are the current results... -Donald Trump, 54.2% (12 delegates) -Nikki Haley, 44.8% (10 delegates) -All others, 1%
NBC News has the race too early to call; the AP has the race for Donald Trump
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Post by Webster on Jan 23, 2024 20:11:37 GMT -5
(Associated Press) Why the AP called New Hampshire’s Republican primary for Trump-WASHINGTON — The Associated Press declared Trump the winner based on an analysis of initial vote returns as well as the results of AP VoteCast, a survey of Republican primary voters. Both indicated Trump was running ahead of Haley by an insurmountable margin. Initial results from more than 25 townships showed Trump leading by a comfortable margin as of 8 p.m. This includes results from Manchester and Concord, two of the state’s three most-populous cities. Early returns were also reported from more rural areas in the northern and eastern parts of the state. All confirmed the findings of AP’s survey. The only areas in which Haley was leading Trump in early returns were in the state’s most Democratic-leaning cities and towns, such as Concord, Keene and Portsmouth. VoteCast showed Trump leading Haley by a substantial margin across all regions of the state. It also showed Haley supported by a majority of unaffiliated voters choosing to cast their ballot in the Republican primary. That wasn’t enough to make up for Trump’s nearly 50-point lead among registered Republicans. New Hampshire allows voters not affiliated with a political party to participate in either party’s primary. Voters registered with a party may only vote in their own party’s primary. New Hampshire’s 22 delegates will be allocated proportionally among candidates who receive at least 10% of the vote statewide.
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Post by Webster on Jan 23, 2024 20:13:13 GMT -5
(The Guardian) Trump wins New Hampshire Republican primaryDonald Trump has won New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary, the Associated Press reports. The biggest outstanding question now is how big Donald Trump’s victory in New Hampshire was. The greater the gap between him and Nikki Haley, the more pressure the former South Carolina governor will be under to abandon the race – though she has previously said she will continue her campaign, no matter what.
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Post by Webster on Jan 23, 2024 20:14:49 GMT -5
(Associated Press) Haley finishes second in New Hampshire primary-Haley has finished second in New Hampshire to Trump, a setback in her effort to reset the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. The former United Nations ambassador and South Carolina governor, who invested significant time and financial resources in the state, ramped up her criticism of Trump after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dropped out of the race and she became the sole GOP alternative to him. But the appeal ultimately failed to resonate with enough voters, and she’s in a weakened position heading into a primary in her home state.
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