Received five out of five.
After Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and the US Virgin Islands, Donald Trump scored a fifth consecutive victory this Saturday, by winning the primary in South Carolina, the stronghold of his only opponent, Nikki Haley.
Unsurprisingly, the former president obtained 59.8% of the votes against 39.5% for the former representative and governor of the state.
If the latter is in the lead in the most urban areas, around Charleston and Columbia, the billionaire is imposing himself in the rest of South Carolina, and in particular in Bamberg County, Haley's hometown.
With this success, Donald Trump brings his total delegates to 107 – 50 were at stake in South Carolina.
If he is still far from the 1215, the number necessary to win the Republican nomination, nothing and no one seems to be able to stop him.
National polls credit the billionaire with more than 77% of voting intentions for these primaries, constantly increasing, while his competitor stagnates around 16%, a particularly low score while no other candidate is yet in the running.
Despite these successive defeats, Nikki Haley continues to believe in her chances.
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I said at the beginning of the week that whatever happens in South Carolina, I will continue my candidacy for the presidential election
,” she told her supporters after the announcement of the first results.
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Its team and its supporters have in fact invested significant resources for the polls taking place at the beginning of March as well as for “Super Tuesday”, March 5, where fifteen states (and American Samoa) will vote.
Among them, Massachusetts and Virginia concentrate many urban and educated voters, who overwhelmingly supported her in previous elections.
This is undoubtedly his best – and last – chance to somewhat get back into the race.
The Trump campaign team, on the other hand, is convinced of being able to quickly fold the match.
She published a note affirming that the former head of state should mathematically win the nomination by March 12.
In the meantime, the two adversaries will meet in Michigan, which will allocate 16 delegates during a primary starting this Tuesday, then 39 during a caucus five days later.