Former Governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley won her first victory in the primaries this Sunday after managing to declare herself victorious over the former president Donald Trump (2017-2021) in the US capital Washington.

According to the first forecasts of such media as cnn And NBK News, former US Representative to the UN he received 63% of the vote compared to Trump’s 33%. in this weekend’s Republican primary in the capital.

This is just a symbolic victory because The District of Columbia has only 19 delegates out of 2,429 in the country. but this comes before a key event, Super Tuesday, during which 16 states will hold primaries on the 5th.

Another feature of the complex and lengthy system of electing US presidential candidates is The District of Columbia primary lasted three days. They began last Friday and continued until 19:00 local time (00:00 GMT) this Sunday, when polling stations closed.

Since Hayley received over 50% of the votes, 19 delegates fully comply with it. as provided for by the rules of primaries in Washington (they are different in each state).

Happy 19 today, The Republican Party has a total of 43 delegates.That’s still a far cry from the 244 votes Trump has after winning the rest of the trials held so far, including the Iowa or Michigan caucuses or the South Carolina primaries.

Each of these internal processes is assigned proportional number of delegateswho will name his nominee in July at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

General 2429 delegates available and a candidate must receive at least 1,215 votes to receive the nomination.

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The capital of the country which This is one of the most democratic cities in the USA. and the city that Trump routinely attacks in his speeches has upset the former president’s goal of remaining undefeated ahead of Super Tuesday, in which Republicans will elect 865 delegates, or 35.6% of the total.

(EFE)