The defeat is particularly bitter for the former UN ambassador Haley: Not only does the 52-year-old come from South Carolina, she was also governor of the state for six years – between 2011 and 2017.
Trump was still the clear favorite in South Carolina. In the survey average of the specialized website “FiveThirtyEight” he was recently at 61.6 percent, Haley only at 34 percent. Trump had already won the primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada.
With Trump’s victory in South Carolina, the pressure on Haley to throw in the towel is likely to grow. She is Trump’s last remaining serious rival in the race for the US Republican presidential nomination. The winner of the primaries will challenge incumbent Joe Biden of the US Democrats in the presidential election in November.
