{"id":6488,"date":"2024-02-25T20:22:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T20:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=6488"},"modified":"2024-02-25T20:22:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T20:22:39","slug":"democrat-admits-on-live-tv-she-voted-against-trump-in-republican-south-carolina-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=6488","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Admits on Live TV She Voted Against Trump in Republican South Carolina Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re wondering if Republican voters who voted for Nikki Haley in the South Carolina primary are going to support Donald Trump in the general election, then worry no more.<\/p>\n<p>Nikki Haley got virtually no Republican support in the South Carolina primary, but got the majority of her votes from self-described Independents, moderates, and Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Kelli Poindexter, a Democrat voter, told Forsige Breaking News that she voted in the Republican primary with the aim of cancelling out a Trump voter.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Democrat Admits on Live TV She Voted Against Trump in Republican South Carolina Primary\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v4cxf6q\/#?secret=2l5wtmdDX4\" data-secret=\"2l5wtmdDX4\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI voted for Nikki Haing simply to maybe cancel out one of the Donald Trump votes, and that is because this is heavy Donald Trump support in our state,\u201d Poindexter said. \u201cI don\u2019t understand it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other voters contacted by Forsige Breaking News about their selections had a much different tune.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I voted for Trump because I trust him more than I do Haley,\u201d an unidentified voter said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI voted for Donald Trump,\u201d said Republican voter Mary Ring. \u201cI think he\u2019s the only one that\u2019s capable of being in the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina has an open primary system.<\/p>\n<p>That means Democratic Party voters (and Independent voters) can cross party lines and vote against Donald Trump in the Republican primaries.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s exactly what they did, just like Democratic and Independent voters did even in hybrid primaries like in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News reported on the exit polls, which showed exactly what you would expect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump overwhelmingly won the support of men and women (68% and 62%, respectively), voters under 45 and those over 45 (64% and 65%), voters with and without college degrees (51% and 75%), and self-identified Republicans (73%),\u201d NBC News noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump also continued his primary season streak of garnering majority support across traditional Republican voting blocs: 86% of very conservative voters, 75% of white evangelicals, 68% of veterans and 89% of the almost half of voters who say they are part of the MAGA movement,\u201d the media outlet continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaley\u2019s support today came from independents, where she beat Trump 54% to 43%, and moderates, where she beat Trump 67% to 32%,\u201d NBC News added.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Haley obviously got support from Democrats looking to play spoiler, as illustrated by the woman mentioned above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re wondering if Republican voters who voted for Nikki Haley in the South Carolina primary are going to support Donald Trump in the general election, then&#8230; 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