OAN's Brooke Mallory
5:59 PM – Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Donald Trump received a record number of raw votes in New Hampshire's presidential primary on Tuesday night, marking a landslide victory for the former president.
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As of Wednesday afternoon, when 95% of the expected votes had been counted, Trump had won more than 172,000 votes. He led former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (RS.C.) by more than 35,000 votes.
Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (Iconic, Vermont) set a record for most raw votes when he defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic primary with a total of 152,193 votes. The contest lasted several months and ended in early June.
Additionally, Trump, 77, held the record for most votes for a Republican primary winner in 2020, receiving 129,734 votes against former Massachusetts Governor William Weld.
Trump made history on Tuesday by becoming the first non-incumbent Republican presidential candidate to win both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.
More than 318,000 voters turned out to vote in New Hampshire's Republican primary, a record turnout. This number is significantly higher than the previous high of more than 287,000 set in 2016.
Throughout Tuesday, poll workers reported that turnout was “very high.” The parking lot was completely filled as voters lined up to cast their votes for one of the two leading candidates in the Republican race.
The former Republican president urged his supporters to vote, citing the importance of “white space” and the potential for strong support to show “unity” within the Republican Party.
Meanwhile, Haley's campaign called on supporters to get out and vote for her to defeat Trump. Despite finishing second in New Hampshire and third in Iowa, the former U.N. ambassador remains committed to running for president in 2024.
Next, she plans to focus on her home state of South Carolina, where she said she hopes to pull off a surprise victory in the Feb. 24 primary.th.
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