Former President Donald Trump is expected to easily win Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, according to two polls conducted after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis withdrew from the Republican presidential race.
Trump, 77, currently faces his only major Republican rival, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, who is far behind in the latest polls.
The former president has an approval rating of 57%, while Haley, 52, has an approval rating of 38%. according to Suffolk University/NBC10 Boston/The Boston Globe is tracking polling data from 500 voters surveyed over the weekend.
Trump's approval rating is 62%, compared to Haley's 35%. InsiderAdvantage Survey The survey was conducted among 850 people who most likely voted on Sunday.
The results signal an early end to the competitive phase of the party's primaries, with Trump winning last week's Iowa caucuses by a nearly 30-point margin, even if she remains in the race. , is expected to defeat Haley in next month's South Carolina primary. length.
New Hampshire has an open primary system, meaning unaffiliated voters can vote in either Democratic or Republican races, and Haley has the backing of the Granite State's Republican governor, Chris Sununu. It is expected that this will be one of the best measures to prevent the election of President Trump. Marching to the candidacy.
Mr. DeSantis, who came in a distant second in Iowa, announced on Sunday afternoon that he was withdrawing from the race in favor of Mr. Trump after polls showed his average approval rating in New Hampshire in the single digits.
The 45-year-old Florida governor was seen for much of the campaign as President Trump's chief rival against the twice-impeached former president and facing four criminal charges, but the DeSantis campaign said the glitch It was marred by awkward moments, including a messy start. The Twitter space and shoe experts claim that he wore lifts on his boots to make himself look taller.
After receiving DeSantis' endorsement, Trump said he would stop using his “Desanctimonious” nickname for the Sunshine State governor. Trump fiercely mocked the governor throughout the campaign, after giving similarly memorable titles to his 2016 Republican rivals.
It's unclear how the sudden decline in Republican competitiveness in New Hampshire will affect the state's Democratic primary. It is not on the ballot because President Biden, who is seeking re-election, has insisted that South Carolina give up its No. 1 status in the nation in favor of the state.
Biden supporters are trying to avoid an embarrassing upset by leading candidates, including self-help author Marianne Williamson, retired Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), and satirist Vermin Supreme, who are trying to avoid an embarrassing upset by state Democrats. A write-in campaign has been launched with the support of heavyweights.
