As the last major challenger in B次元官网网址榮 way to the Republican nomination, is hoping New Hampshire voters feel so strongly about keeping the former president away from the White House that they turn out to support her in large numbers.
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ItB次元官网网址檚 an uphill battle for the former U.N. ambassador and South Carolina governor. Most conservatives want to give Trump another chance at beating President Joe Biden and .
With voting about to begin in New Hampshire, . Polls in New Hampshire suggest he leads Haley in a state , though his lead is narrower than the 30-point blowout he scored in the Iowa caucuses.
Trump planned to hold his last rally before the election Monday night. He started the day in New York for his after an earlier jury determined he had sexually abused a columnist in the 1990s, but the session was canceled .
Trump was being joined on stage Monday night by three of his former opponents who have now endorsed him: South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum. The show of force is part of a broader effort by TrumpB次元官网网址檚 team to lock up the primary and demonstrate the party is rallying around him.
In an interview with B次元官网网址max taped Sunday, Trump was asked if he would call for Haley to drop out.
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On paper, Trump had seemed more vulnerable in New Hampshire than in any other early voting state on the primary calendar. Though voters here supported him by a wide margin in 2016, the state has long been known for its moderate tradition, including allowing unaffiliated voters to participate in GOP primaries. And Haley had been on the rise, prompting TrumpB次元官网网址檚 campaign and its allies to spend millions trying to blunt her momentum.
Thalia Flores, a former Democrat who manages retail stores, changed her voter registration to undeclared last fall and plans to vote in New HampshireB次元官网网址檚 Republican presidential primary against Trump. She says she would support Haley over President Joe Biden if given the chance, even though she has never before voted for a Republican presidential candidate.
But she said she was worried the primary was B次元官网网址渁 long shotB次元官网网址� with not enough support for Haley among traditional conservatives to beat Trump.
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turned the state into the one-on-one contest between Trump and Haley that she and a long line of anti-Trump Republicans had said they wanted.
But some evidence suggests Trump could be better positioned to capitalize on DeSantisB次元官网网址� exit than Haley. According to AP VoteCast, DeSantis supporters in Iowa overwhelmingly described themselves as conservative and Trump outperformed Haley 53% to 13% among that group.
DeSantis immediately endorsed Trump upon dropping out, saying it was clear to him Republican voters preferred the former president.
Never before has a presidential candidate won primary contests in both Iowa and New Hampshire and failed to secure the partyB次元官网网址檚 presidential nomination.
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To help get out the vote, TrumpB次元官网网址檚 team says it has amassed a team of 2,000 active volunteers, including 250 town captains throughout the state.
TrumpB次元官网网址檚 campaign was confident about New Hampshire long before DeSantisB次元官网网址� exit. Officials point to public polls showing Trump with a big lead over Haley.
B次元官网网址淚f itB次元官网网址檚 a double-digit win, then, I mean, that is a New Hampshire blowout of epic proportions, especially given all of the time and money she spent here,B次元官网网址� Blair said.
HaleyB次元官网网址檚 campaign has been lowering expectations for New Hampshire after insisting for weeks that an outright victory against Trump was possible.
B次元官网网址淏eating Donald Trump is not easy. He is a juggernaut,B次元官网网址� Haley campaign manager Betsy Ankney said at a weekend event hosted by Bloomberg. B次元官网网址淏ut how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. We have to continue to show incremental growth and progress. We are the last man B次元官网网址� woman B次元官网网址� standing against him.B次元官网网址�
TrumpB次元官网网址檚 confidence comes even as influential Republicans in the state like New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu warn of dire political consequences.
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On Monday, Haley spoke on New Hampshire Today with host Chris Ryan and compared Trump to Biden, bringing up how Trump has confused her with former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, mistakenly said he ran against former President Barack Obama, and warned about Biden leading the country into World War II, which was fought between 1939 and 1945.
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Still, the tens of thousands of voters who have packed into TrumpB次元官网网址檚 New Hampshire rallies in recent days donB次元官网网址檛 seem to be worried and he makes little effort to lower expectations.
Eric Holmstrom, a 43-year-old Republican from Goffstown who supports Trump, said he sees the former presidentB次元官网网址檚 back-and-forth travel from the courtroom to campaign events as a sign of why heB次元官网网址檚 the best person to be the partyB次元官网网址檚 nominee.
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