A second Trump term would meet a new world
Nevertheless, the fact that these are traditionally the first two states to express their preferences in the presidential selection process hands them outsized clout in selecting the eventual winner.
Only Bill Clinton, in 1992, won the presidency after losing both states.
Aside from that one exception, Iowa and New Hampshire have turned into America’s version of the two-state solution, in which candidates get weeded out with the force of a polar vortex.
Ron DeSantis suspended his campaign two days before Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary rather than face a second consecutive drubbing, and he endorsed Donald Trump for the nomination. Trump, already victorious in Iowa, appeared to be widening his lead over Nikki Haley according to the Suffolk University/NBC 10 Boston/Boston Globe tracking poll. Barring a huge polling error, history is not on Nikki Haley’s side; she is facing a Clinton moment, but without the regional constituency that had Clinton’s back.
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