21 minutes ago: Per CNN
91% reporting
Donald Trump 163,700 +54.5%
Nikki Haley 129,646 +43.2%
Ron DeSantis 2,046 +0.7%
Total reported 300,098
Decision Desk HQ as of 0832 on 1/24/24 shows:
Trump: 170,454
Haley 135,638
If the Nikkster truly got 70% of her vote from non-Republicans, this means she got less than 45,000 GOP votes in the primary. Actually, one way to look at this is that the Nikkster’s persistence really doesn’t hurt The Donald, but probably helps him. If she wants to get crushed in South Carolina and on Super Tuesday, so be it. Trump can then try to hold off litigation in his various suits and prosecutions on the basis of election interference as his primary race has not yet been concluded.
RedState shows Trump at 170,454 with an additional five percent of the vote to be counted, almost exclusively in rural areas without the migrating leftists from Massachusetts.
Hah......double digit Trump win over Haley.......and she still doesnt get it.
“An astounding 70%” of Haley’s voters were not Republicans. So, delete her “Never Trump” crossover voters and she actually convinced 38,894 Republicans to vote for her.
IOW, Trump mopped the floor with her amongst GOP voters to the tune of 124,806 GOP votes.
This bodes well for the general election. Trump’s base is super motivated and the “Never Trump” coalition - not so much. I guess the last 3 years of Bidenomics has taken some of thw ind out of their sails.
70% of Nikki voters WERE NOT REPUBLICANS????