Pablo PardoWashington Correspondent

Washington Correspondent

Updated Wednesday, March 6, 2024-04:12

  • USA Trump prepares his presidency aware of his victory in the primaries

Donald Trump

appears to be on his way to winning at least 14 of the 15 states being contested today on 'Super Tuesday', the largest electoral event in the United States until the November 5 elections.

There is only the question of Vermont,

where Trump and

Haley

are virtually tied.

But it is a minor doubt.

First, because it is a Democratic state.

Second, because it is the second least populated in the United States, after Wyoming, with just 643,000 inhabitants (less than the District of Columbia, where the city of Washington is located, where Haley achieved her only victory on Sunday so far in the primaries. ).

The question now is

what Haley will do.

The former governor of South Carolina and former ambassador with Donald Trump of the United States to the United Nations has only committed to continuing the campaign until Super Tuesday.

Although she continues to obtain considerable support, with around a third of the votes, it is clear that

it is only a matter of time before it is mathematically impossible

for her to reach the number of delegates necessary to be proclaimed candidate of the Republican Party in the Convention that this formation is going to. to celebrate in Wisconsin in July.

Haley has ruled out running as a third-party candidate, and after her defeat on Super Tuesday it is likely that the donations that have been supporting her candidacy will dry up.

If she leaves,

it remains to be seen whether she will endorse Donald Trump at the Convention.

All Republican candidates, with the exception of Trump, pledged in writing to support the winner of the primary.

The former president is also the only one who has not signed a document rejecting the use of violence to come to power.

Haley knows that, in a party dominated by 'Trumpism', her political career is over.

His influence is also questionable.

Although in many states she has achieved a third of the votes, and in some up to 78% of those who have supported her say they do not know if they will vote for Trump,

no one has a clear idea of ​​who the followers of the former ambassador to the United Nations are. United.

As the primaries have dragged on longer than expected, more and more Democrats and independents have begun to vote for Haley in protest against Trump.

By some estimates, there are states in which only 9% of their voters supported Trump in 2020, indicating that her impact on the general election could be much smaller than thought.

On the Democratic side, as expected,

Biden has won without problems.