EXETER, New Hampshire – Former President Donald Trump made history Tuesday night by receiving the highest raw vote total in the history of the nation’s first primary in New Hampshire.
Trump garnered more than 172,000 votes and 95% of the estimated votes had been counted as of Wednesday afternoon, leading former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley by more than 35,000 votes.
The previous raw voting record was held by socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who received 152,193 votes in defeating Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic primary, sparking a months-long race that stretched into early June .
Trump, 77, also held the previous record for most votes won by a Republican primary winner, amassing 129,734 votes in 2020 against token opposition from former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld.
Haley’s tally of more than 137,000 raw votes is the largest ever received by a second-place finisher, and would have been enough to win any other Republican race in the modern primary era, which dates back to 1952.
With Tuesday’s victory, Trump became the first non-incumbent Republican presidential candidate to win both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.
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Total turnout in the New Hampshire Republican primary also broke records, with more than 318,000 people voting, well above the previous high of about 287,000 set in 2016.
Poll volunteers told The Post throughout Tuesday that they were seeing “very high” turnout. Parking lots were packed and voters lined up to vote for one of the two leading candidates in the Republican field.
The Trump camp was apparently concerned about voter turnout ahead of the primary, making “hundreds of thousands” of calls across the state, spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told The Post at campaign headquarters in Manchester over the weekend. of week.
President Donald Trump waves to supporters as he arrives at a campaign rally in Londonderry, NH, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. AP Trump supporters gather during a primary night party at the Sheraton on Jan. 23, 2024. 2024, in Nashua, New Hampshire. Getty Images Trump garnered more than 172,000 votes, with 95% of the estimated votes counted as of Wednesday afternoon. AFP via Getty Images
The former president also asked his voters to go to the polls because “margins matter” and high levels of support would show “unity” in the Republican Party.
Haley’s campaign also urged voters to cast their ballots to overtake Trump. The former ambassador to the United Nations has vowed to continue her 2024 bid despite placing third in Iowa and second in New Hampshire.
He will next focus on South Carolina, his home state, where he hopes to bounce back in the February 24 primary.
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