Former President Donald Trump, the leading Republican presidential candidate and likely Republican nominee, continued his perfect winning streak with a landslide victory over his hometown former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the Palmetto State on Saturday night. It is expected that this will continue.
The loss would be downright embarrassing for Haley, as she served as South Carolina’s governor for years before joining the Trump administration as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. But polls in recent weeks suggest Trump could be on his way to a landslide victory, a victory that would follow in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary a month ago.
Haley’s team is desperately trying to find some way out of South Carolina and has vowed to keep fighting until at least Super Tuesday. But a loss here could mean the end of her career for her and make it even more difficult for her to remain in the race. No candidate in modern history has won all three of the first three primary districts in the contested Republican presidential primary: Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, so if Trump wins on Saturday. This will set a new record for the number of wins. Mr. Trump also won the Nevada Republican race, as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ran essentially unopposed in the state’s Republican race after he resigned after Iowa and endorsed Mr. Trump.
Haley’s campaign said it is trying to project strength in the face of Saturday’s expected embarrassment with television ads in each state on Super Tuesday. From here, the map expands beyond the initial states, and if President Trump can continue this winning streak, he has an eye on potentially mathematically eliminating Haley from the race as early as mid-March. It’s starting. As soon as Ms. Haley finally withdraws from the race – there is no point in continuing to run anyway since she has no path to the nomination at this stage – Mr. Trump will be able to move on to the race scheduled for 2016. He will officially become the presumptive nominee ahead of the Republican convention. Milwaukee in July. At the Republican convention, he will officially become the Republican candidate for a third consecutive presidential term.
Voting in South Carolina closes at 7 p.m. ET, with results expected shortly thereafter. Watch Breitbart News for live updates on results and analysis throughout the evening.
