Going to bring in our political director,
Recline, to breakdown the results for us.
Good morning, Rick. Yeah, good morning,
Robin. It was striking to see the record turn out
in New Hampshire,
unlike in Iowa, you had new records and you saw
a bunch of places where Nikki Haley actually did quite
well.
And it was also really interesting to see how different
the electorate was.
Different kind of voters, 46%
of people voting in the Republican primary were actually independents.
That is big difference in Iowa.
And and you see it reflected in some of the
big issues in the exit polls.
47% of Republicans say that Biden was legitimately elected in
2020.
Of course, the other side is wrong on the facts.
But again, for Republicans, that's actually a pretty striking number
when you compare it to some other places.
And get this. 42% of Republicans voting yesterday said that
they don't think that Joe Biden is qualified to be
president,
fit to be president if he's convicted.
That's a warning sign if you're Joe Biden.
Also this split on abortion.
Fascinating to me, these are Republicans again.
2/3 say they oppose a national ban on abortion.
That's a big difference than we've seen in other places.
And if you look at what's coming up ahead,
you start to see the enormity of the challenge.
For, for, for Nikki Haley,
she's right. There's lots of states that haven't voted.
Most of the nation has not voted.
But if you hone in on what's coming up in
the next couple of weeks,
you start to see the stark challenge.
She's not even on the ballot in Nevada.
She can't get any of those delegates.
Next up, her home state of South Carolina.
That really is must win.
And the reason is you have about a month until
then and then Super Tuesday is hot on its heels.
That's when you have big states like Texas,
North Carolina, Virginia. Some of them allow Democrats and independents
to vote like New Hampshire.
Much more LAX rules on those sort of things.
Bottom line, though, is she's got to win in South
Carolina to have any chance of even lasting that long.
All right, Rick, Appreciate it as always.