Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Sunday that he will forego the primary for the Republican presidential nomination. And He expressed his support for the former president's nomination Donald Trump. With DeSantis' withdrawal, the internal Republican Party is divided between two candidates: former President Trump and the former US ambassador to the United Nations. Nikki HaleyHe is making every effort in New Hampshire, where the primaries will be held on Tuesday, to bridge the gap and establish himself as an alternative within the party.
A “new opportunity” for Trump
“We have no clear path to victory. For this reason, I am suspending my campaign today.” De Santis In a video clip that spread across social networks, with two days remaining until the decisive primary elections in New Hampshire. The governor emphasized in his letter that “it is clear that the majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance.”
DeSantis acknowledged “differences” with Trump, but stated that he is a much better choice than current President Joe Biden. “You have my support because We cannot return to the old Republican Guard of yesteryearThe governor, who attacked Haley, said he saw her as a representative of “feverish unionism” and concessions to “progressive” ideology.
DeSantis, governor of Florida since 2019 and a representative of the party's hardline wingHe launched his candidacy in March of last year, when opinion polls placed him as the only one capable of defeating Trump in the primaries, but his image diminished last year. In the Iowa caucuses on January 15, the first date of the Republican race, DeSantis finished second behind Trump and ahead of Haley.
but, Polls placed him in third place, behind his rivals, in the key New Hampshire primary Which will be held this Tuesday. In fact, on Saturday, the governor resigned from his election campaign in that northeastern state, and canceled several interviews scheduled to be held on Sunday with American television channels.
No candidate has ever lost the race after winning the first two statesTrump will almost certainly declare the Republican nomination over with his victory in New Hampshire. Haley had largely refrained from attacking the many controversies surrounding Trump's nomination, but last week she began referring to his mental abilities, drawing comparisons between the former president, the current president, and the 81-year-old Democratic re-election candidate, Joe Biden.
New Hampshire Democratic Interior
Whoever wins the Republican Party primaries must compete on November 5 against the candidate who will emerge from the democratic process itself, with Biden being the most likely candidate. After a dispute with New Hampshire officials over the timeline, his name will not appear on the ballot for that state's primary election at the start of the Democratic nominating process on Tuesday.
In 2020, Biden lost resoundingly in New Hampshire in his bid for the Democratic nomination.. He was later saved thanks to strong support from black voters in the South Carolina primary. Once elected, he effectively toppled New Hampshire, along with Iowa, which had been among the first states to decide the nomination, and then ordered party leaders to put South Carolina ahead of both.
Other Democratic candidates, with residual support within the base, took advantage of the situation to attack the president directly. “I think Biden should be hereThe Minnesota congressman said during an event in the city of Nashua: “He defends democracy, which he himself asserts is at risk.” Dean PhillipsWho enjoys seven percent support in the race for the Democratic Party nomination. Author of self-help books Marianna WilliamsonWith six percent support, The party was accused of “Rigging the primaries”.
Despite his absence… Biden He achieves good results in opinion polls: He musters 69 percent support before TuesdayAccording to a survey conducted by the University of New Hampshire and CNN. How those numbers translate will depend on how many people come out to vote, overcoming the cold and lack of enthusiasm in primaries where the former president is actually the party's “de facto” nominee.
