In Republican Presidential primaries Donald Trump comes in first?
But?
Nikki Haley comes in second and Ron DeSantis third…..
Those two ain’t running anymore, but ARE on voting ballots….
It maybe siad it’s Dobald Trump party….
But it’s adding up toa LOT of Republicans NOT voting for him for President….
Will these Republican voters come back to Trump in November?
Or?
Will they sit the vote out ….
Or?
Hold their noses and vote for Biden?
More evidence that former President Trump could be a weakened general election candidate surfaced Tuesday in the results of Republican primaries he won — generally unopposed.
In primary elections in Ohio and other states, a sizable number of GOP voters still cast ballots for former rivals to the ex-president.
That’s potentially a big problem for Trump, because it suggests not all GOP primary voters are warming to him.
“I think it absolutely raises questions about his strength as a general election candidate,” said Kirk Adams, who served as chief of staff to former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R).
“He certainly has the wind at his back on a couple I think very important issues: One is border security, and the other is inflation,” he continued. “But those voters that voted for Nikki Haley in those state primaries were obviously not moved by that.”
A handful of states cast ballots Tuesday in the presidential primaries, including Ohio, Florida and Arizona. Trump won Ohio and Florida by roughly fourth-fifths of the vote, but former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley notched around 14 percent in each.
Meanwhile in Arizona, Trump received 78 percent of the vote, while Haley received close to 19 percent. The South Carolina Republican notably received even more support — about 21 percent of the vote — in the key counties of Maricopa and Pima….
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“These are very, very ominous signs for a campaign heading into a general election,” he said. “Is it fixable? Sure, it is fixable; a lot of that vote’s gonna go back. But if he loses 10 percent of the Republican base, it’s very hard, even with a third-party candidate, to see how he pulls this thing off.”
The Trump campaign largely brushed off the primary results, arguing he was unifying different voters together…..