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WASHINGTON − Donald Trump's double-digit victory Tuesday in the New Hampshire Republican primary strengthened his grip on the party's nomination yet exposed his greatest weakness as a general election candidate, reinforcing President Joe Biden's road map to beat him in the fall.
Trump's poor showing with New Hampshire's independent voters − combined with some Republicans who said they won't back the former president if he is the Republican nominee − underscored the risk Trump poses for the GOP as their nominee.
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley won 58% of New Hampshire's independent voters, who made up about 44% of the primary electorate, compared with Trump's 39%, according to exit polls. Haley topped Trump 56%-42% among voters with college degrees.
Perhaps most alarming for the former president, about 90% of Haley's voters in New Hampshire − a battleground in the general election − said they would be dissatisfied if Trump were the nominee. And 83% of Haley voters said Trump, who is facing multiple criminal indictments, would be unfit for office if convicted.
Trump was doing far better with independents and republican voters backing other republicans in the primaries, in 2016. With the economy doing will, wages rising faster than inflation, and full employment, he's going to have a hard time convincing those republican conservatives who see him as unacceptable.
Trump's poor showing with New Hampshire's independent voters − combined with some Republicans who said they won't back the former president if he is the Republican nominee − underscored the risk Trump poses for the GOP as their nominee.
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley won 58% of New Hampshire's independent voters, who made up about 44% of the primary electorate, compared with Trump's 39%, according to exit polls. Haley topped Trump 56%-42% among voters with college degrees.
Perhaps most alarming for the former president, about 90% of Haley's voters in New Hampshire − a battleground in the general election − said they would be dissatisfied if Trump were the nominee. And 83% of Haley voters said Trump, who is facing multiple criminal indictments, would be unfit for office if convicted.
How New Hampshire exposed Trump's vulnerabilities and Biden's path to beat him
Donald Trump is romping his way to the Republican nomination but showing a weakness with independent voters that could doom him against Biden.
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Trump was doing far better with independents and republican voters backing other republicans in the primaries, in 2016. With the economy doing will, wages rising faster than inflation, and full employment, he's going to have a hard time convincing those republican conservatives who see him as unacceptable.