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Trump wins New Hampshire primary but Haley says campaign is ‘far from over’

Trump wins New Hampshire primary but Haley says campaign is ‘far from over’

His margin was just over 10% Haley did better than the polls and most of the predictions and the idea that this was going to be a knock-out blow for Trump did not quite materialise. Haley is still in this race and the next primary is in South Carolina where she used to be the governor. Mike Smithson

Is 81 year-old Biden really going to run again?

Is 81 year-old Biden really going to run again?

One of the big questions in American politics at the moment is whether Joe Biden is going to seek a second term? Normally you would expect the winner of the presidential election four years earlier to seek to try to gain a second term but we are talking here about someone who will be 82 next November. It is said that Biden’s wife is keen that her husband does try for a second term and all the signs are that…

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And so to New Hampshire where one of the primaries won’t count

And so to New Hampshire where one of the primaries won’t count

Next Tuesday we have the WH2024 primary in New Hampshire which has traditionally been the first state to decide. Unlike Iowa where only the Republicans have their caucus in New Hampshire we have full primaries for both of the main parties. Only problem is that this year whatever. happens in the Democrat primary will have no impact whatsoever on who gets the nomination. Before the campaign started Biden’s party decided that the traditional order of primaries should not be followed…

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