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Trump On Track For Presidential Nomination Ahead Of New Hampshire Primary

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Former President Donald Trump's decisive victory at this week's Iowa Caucuses has placed him firmly on track to secure the Republican presidential nomination, according to a new tracker published by FiveThirtyEight/ABC News.

  • The New Hampshire primary on January 23 is the next event of the Republican primary calendar with polls putting former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley in touching distance of Trump.
  • Most analysts believe that a weak performance from Haley next week, whose moderate platform is more closely aligned with New Hampshire, could effectively extinguish the prospect of a competitive primary.
  • 538 notes: "We expect Donald Trump to pick up more delegates in states with higher populations of white evangelicals, with more non-college-educated voters and where he outperformed in the 2016 primary. He is stronger outside the early states, meaning he can survive relatively poor performances in Iowa and New Hampshire."

Figure 1: Delegate Benchmark Tracker, Republican Presidential Candidates

Source: 538

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