In the state of New Hampshire on Tuesday, voters will be deciding between Donald Trump and Nikki Haley, the last Republican to run for president.
Ex-U.S. President Trump wants to give the presidential campaign of the former Republican South Carolina governor a heavy blow.
In the Republican race for the White House, Ms. Haley thinks that the group of nonpartisan voters in the Granite State will assist her pull off a surprise win.
After Mr. Trump’s huge win in Iowa last week, this second race is very important.
In November, the potential Republican nominee will run against the nominee for Democrats, who is projected to be Vice President Joe Biden.
Tuesday is also a primary voting day for Democrats in New York. However, Mr. Biden will not be on the ballot because of a dispute between national and local party leaders. He is the first president in office to not be on the ballot.
It was now only two candidates left in the race for the Republican nomination after Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis quit and backed Donald Trump. DeSantis came in a distant second in Iowa’s polls. Nearly a dozen Republican candidates for president in 2024 have dropped out of the race.
Many polls in New Hampshire showed that Mr. Trump, 77, already had a double-digit lead before Mr. DeSantis quit.
Most polls show that most people who back the Florida governor see Mr. Trump as the next best choice.
On Monday night, Mr. Trump said at a gathering in Laconia, New Hampshire, “Vote for Nikki Haley if you want a loser who puts America last.”
It was “globalists and radical left communists” who were getting liberals to vote for her in the Republican primary, he told the crowd.
“They want to run against her because she’s so easy to beat,” he said.
At a campaign event earlier in the day, Ms. Haley, who is 52 years old, said that Mr. Trump was busy with his legal and criminal issues. Defending himself, he says he is being persecuted for political reasons.
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She asked, “When you hear Trump talk, what does he mean?” Problems and the past. He’s talking about grudges.
“Biden is talking about being investigated. The future is not being talked about by either of them. It’s because I don’t want my kids to live like this.
“When you go out on Tuesday, you’re going to decide: do you want more of the same or do you want something new?” Ms. Haley, who was President Trump’s UN ambassador, said.
In New Hampshire, everyone can vote in the primary, and the state is seen as less extreme on the right than Iowa.
The 40% of registered voters in New Hampshire who are not voting for any party are what Haley’s team is counting on for a surprise win.
The Democratic primary in New Hampshire is also on Tuesday, and it is the subject of a fight between state party leaders and the Democratic National Committee.
Usually, New Hampshire is the first primary in the US election schedule. However, the national DNC changed the order so that South Carolina would be first, saying that it better showed how diverse the country is.
New Hampshire’s local party leaders decided to hold the primary anyway, so the DNC said it would not award any delegates. This meant that the results would not be recognized, and Mr. Biden would not be on the ballot.
Instead, some Democrats in New Hampshire who work with Mr. Biden are telling people to write his name on the ticket when they vote.