NORTH CHARLESTON: Despite losing both Iowa and New Hampshire to Donald Trump, Nikki Haley is nevertheless trying to frame those losses as a victory and vowing to head off a “coronation” of Trump as the 2024 Republican nominee. Haley did perform better in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary than she had in the Iowa caucuses a week earlier, where she finished third, well behind Trump and only slightly down from Florida Gov. Trump still won by double-digits on Tuesday night, leaving some to wonder whether she would keep going. Since 1980, only one winner of South Carolina's Republican balloting has lost the nomination. Since his 2016 primary win there helped cement Trump's dominance in that year's race, South Carolina has stayed loyal to him.

Source: Indian Express January 25, 2024 08:42 UTC