Donald Trump wins South Carolina election by wide margin over Nikki Haley

The former president of USA donald trump He won the Republican Party primaries in South Carolina this Saturday, which puts him increasingly closer to his party declaring him a candidate for the November presidential elections.

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According to projections from several American media outlets, such as The New York Times or Fox News, donald trump77 years old, won with a big advantage over rival Nikki Haley (52 years old), who lost in her home state, where she supposedly had more support.

The New York Times gives Trump 61% of the vote to Haley’s 38%; while Fox gives 64% to Trump and 35% to Haley. Other media give similar percentages, making it clear that the 50 delegates of the South Carolina (in this state the winner takes all) will increase the delegate list of the trumpwho has already won three states, while Haley has won none.

For now, neither Trump nor Haley They talked about the results; Just an hour before polling stations closed, Haley proclaimed again that she would not withdraw from the race: “I’m not going anywhere. I don’t abandon or surrender; I fight and win.

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”He has said on several occasions that he intends to continue in the primary race at least until ‘Super Tuesday’, March 5th, when more than 800 delegates will be distributed and the date considered definitive for the closing of presidential candidacies.

However, this Saturday’s defeat, especially bitter for her in a state where she was also governor between 2011 and 2017, may make her reconsider things.

Source: Elcomercio

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