Trump holds off Haley to win New Hampshire primary: Full coverage

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Donald Trump defeated Nikki Haley on Tuesday in the New Hampshire primary,
his second consecutive victory in his bid to secure his party's
presidential nomination.

With 17% of the votes counted, the Associated Press called the race for
Trump. Ahead of the primary, the former president led Haley in most polls
by a substantial margin.

But a large turnout by independent voters helped boost the former South
Carolina governor, who said Tuesday that she would remain in the race at
least through the Super Tuesday primaries on March 5.

"New Hampshire is first in the nation. It is not the last in the nation,"
Haley said in a speech to her supporters Tuesday night. "This race is far
from over. There are dozens of states left to go, and the next one is my
sweet state of South Carolina."

When it was his turn to speak, Trump spent a good portion of his speech
lashing out at Haley for "taking a victory lap" despite her loss in the
Granite State.

"This is not your typical victory speech, but let's not have somebody take
a victory when she had a very bad night," Trump said.

The Associated Press also declared President Biden the winner of the
Democratic primary in the state.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump had rock-solid support
from the party faithful in his primary victory Tuesday, with even most
backers of rival Nikki Haley acknowledging the GOP belongs to him.

Yet as Trump’s hold on securing the party’s nomination tightened, AP
VoteCast found that some voters express concerns that he is too extreme to
compete in the November general election. Some also worry about his legal
peril in pending criminal trials.

Haley, a former South Carolina governor and a U.N. ambassador under Trump,
bested him among college graduates and moderates, a possible sign that
Trump has yet to expand his political base.

The survey found signs that primary voters on the Democratic side rallied
around President Joe Biden. He won in New Hampshire with strong support on
the economy, but many have concerns about his age — he is 81 — and his
handling of the situation in the Middle East.

Only weeks into 2024, voters have already shown an awareness of Trump’s
strengths and liabilities. But even as the coronavirus, the major
challenge during the 2020 election, has faded from public view, the
cultural and social forces of that Biden-Trump matchup have hardened in
ways that are testing the country’s sense of itself.

The New Hampshire primaries are unique because undeclared voters –- those
not affiliated with either party –- can choose to vote in either party’s
primary. This draws in voters who are not necessarily party loyalists.

Nearly half of GOP primary voters were not affiliated with a party,
compared with about 2 in 10 in the Democratic primary. Among those
affiliated with the Republican Party in the state, Trump won handily.

AP VoteCast is a survey of 1,989 New Hampshire voters who took part in the
Republican primary and 915 Democratic primary voters. The survey was
conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

HOW TRUMP WON IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire’s demographics favored Trump.

He won in the small towns and rural communities, where about 6 in 10
primary participants say they live. Most GOP voters in the state lack a
college degree; about two-thirds of them voted for Trump. He won about 7
in 10 Republican voters who identified as conservatives.

Trump was backed by Republicans who prioritize immigration and held a
slight advantage among those prioritizing the economy, the two top issues
among GOP voters in New Hampshire and Iowa, where the former president won
the leadoff caucuses last week.

Among those in New Hampshire who named immigration as their top priority,
about three-quarters support Trump. New Hampshire’s primary voters agreed
with Trump on the need to limit immigration and build a wall on the U.S.-
Mexico border.

About half of those who said the economy was the top issue backed Trump.

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