Donald Trump won New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary election on Tuesday, further increasing his grip on the party as he heads toward a likely November rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden. Despite her ties, however, Trump has racked up endorsements from most of the state’s Republican figures, and opinion polls show him with a wide lead. Donald Trump has hit out at Nikki Haley after the former UN ambassador said she was staying in the US election race despite Trump's New Hampshire primary win. More than two-thirds of Republican primary voters said the economy was either poor or not good, an area where Biden has struggled to highlight his administration’s accomplishments. Some 47 per cent of voters considered themselves Republican, compared with 55 per cent in the 2016 primary.

Source: The Irish Times January 24, 2024 10:22 UTC