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Title: BREAKING NEWS: Trump claims victory in New Hampshire with a third of the vote in early counting
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Daily Mail Online
URL Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art ... ily-s-German-Shepherd-dog.html
Published: Feb 9, 2016
Author: David Martosko, U.S. Political Editor, i
Post Date: 2016-02-09 20:23:31 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 4953
Comments: 32
Donald Trump, who put his gold-medal hopes on hold a week ago, claimed the top prize in the New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday as he defeated a gaggle of establishment politicians and the outsider senator who bested him in Iowa. With about 5 per cent of the votes counted in the Granite State, Trump led the field at 33 per cent of the total vote in an election that poll-watchers expected would set a new record for voter participation. The margin of victory, if it holds, will be stunning even in the face of late polls that had the billionaire real estate developer ahead by double digits. John Kasich, the Ohio governor who made a late surge on the strength of a longstanding in-state organization, was sitting in second place at 17 per cent. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush held 12 per cent, keeping pace with his poll numbers. Marco Rubio, who stumbled in the closing days of the campaign when he repeated himself often enough to be saddled with a 'robot' nickname, looked as though he would finish the night in single digits. An official with the Rubio campaign hung up the phone when DailyMail.com called for comment. At Trump’s headquarters in Manchester, a whoop went up when TV commentators declared the national front-runner had won. As CNN projected that Hillary Clinton would lose her battle with democratic socialist Bernie Sanders, the cheers grew louder still. 'Burn the witch!' someone was heard shouting. According to CNN, 46 per cent of GOP primary voters told pollsters on Tuesday that they made up their minds in just the last three days. Fully 65 per cent said they thought the most recent debates were important factors in their decision-making. Trump skipped one of those two debates, less than two weeks ago in Iowa, in favor of holding a rally to announce the results of a $6 million fundraising drive to benefit veterans organizations. Ten per cent of Republicans at the polls said debates were the single most important factor in their thinking. Trump performed well in Saturday's lone New Hampshire debate, but faced a deficit in hand-to-hand campaigning and the armies of volunteers deployed by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. Bush's campaign said Tuesday that it knocked on more than 100,000 doors during its time in New Hampshire. And Kasich has focused on the Granite State intensely for months, seemingly putting all his eggs in one New England basket. Trump, by contrast, disappeared from the state entirely for 24 hours last week, preferring to sleep in his own New York City apartment. With snow squalls brewing, airports closed and a rally to attend in South Carolina, The Donald had to cancel what was to be the first of several small-scale town hall events New Hampshire voters are notoriously demanding of candidates and take presidential politics as seriously as they do pro football – at least once every four years. A handshake of the sort that has been lacking in Trumpland can go a long way with people from Portsmouth to the Canadian border. Canvassers working for Bush and Kasich told DailyMail.com over the weekend that no one in their organizations had reported seeing a single Trump door-knocker in play. Three-quarters of Republican voters said they were very worried about the U.S. economy, and six in 10 said had the same level of concern about the threat of global terrorism. About 90 per cent are dissatisfied with the federal government, with four in ten saying their frustration rises to the level of anger. Half said they feel Republican politicians have betrayed them by failing to push in office for the policy pledges that won them votes. One bright spot for The Donald, however: About half also said they want the next U.S. president to be someone who comes from outside America's political 'establishment.' There were also long lines and traffic james reported throughout the state as voters raced to get to the polls before they shut. In one town, Merrimack, New Hampshire, cars stretched for at least two-miles long as voters edged their way to the community's one polling place.
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#2. To: cranky (#0)
Live links. At this minute: Republican Primary Results 48/300 (16%) precincts reporting. Last updated 08:46pm Donald John TRUMP 11,470 votes 32% KASICH 5,410 votes 14% BUSH 3,937 votes 10% CRUZ 3,854 votes 9% RUBIO 3,307 votes 7% CHRISTIE 2,586 votes 5% FIORINA 1,444 votes 1% CARSON 781 votes 1%
UPDATE: Last updated 08:51pm SANDERS CLINTON Last updated 08:51pm Donald John TRUMP KASICH CRUZ BUSH RUBIO CHRISTIE FIORINA CARSON GILMORE
Who is this Gilmore fellow?
#5. To: Fred Mertz, BobCeleste (#4)
Former governor of Virginia. Rand Paul is way ahead of him with 700 votes, 1%. The neocon false witness sites censor Rand out. The truth... www.wmur.com/politics/201...election-results/37649066
Jim is a former governor of Virginia, much more in line with other famous Virginians, like Lee, Jackson, Washington than the current crop of rinos and leftist democrats the state is voting for.
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Democratic Primary Results
68/300 (23%) precincts reporting. 
Republican Primary Results
65 of300 (22%) precincts reporting. 
#4. To: BobCeleste (#3)
Replies to Comment # 4. Who is this Gilmore fellow?
#14. To: Fred Mertz (#4)
Who is this Gilmore fellow?
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