US Presidential Election 2024: Trump-Biden rematch looms after New Hampshire win, but it’s not what many voters want
- Donald Trump won Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, moving him closer to locking in the Republican nomination
- President Joe Biden said it was ‘now clear’ that he faced a rematch with White House predecessor Trump
The only remaining challenger for the Republican presidential nomination, Nikki Haley, vowed to fight on – but her defeat on Tuesday left her with no realistic chance of chasing down the 77-year-old former president.
Trump previewed the divisive rhetoric to come in the campaign for November’s cliffhanger election with an angry victory speech that attacked Haley for having a “very bad night” and even lashed out at her dress.
Even Biden, 81, accepted it was “now clear” that he faced a rematch with Trump – one that polling suggests many Americans don’t want – and warned that the future of American democracy itself rode on the result of the election in November.
Haley had hoped for a major upset in the northeastern state, but Trump – her former boss when she was UN ambassador during his chaotic administration – won by around 54 per cent to 43 per cent, with some 91 per cent of votes counted.
