in 2016, donald trump won the new hampshire primary by a. lot he had just lost in iowa, but in 2016 when he came to new hampshire, he beat his nearest rival, john kasich, by about 20 point. ahead of that new hampshire victory in 2016, trump had racked up endorsements from precisely zero republicans in congress, none in the house, none in the senate, not even any sitting governors either. so contrast that you have her experience in 2016 for trump with what has just happened tonight. as of tonight, heading into today s new hampshire primary, a majority, more than half of all republicans in the house and senate had already endorsed trump. again, but this point in the race in 2016, that number was zero. he s now got a majority of elected republicans in washington, former presidential contender tim scott was that latest high-profile senator to endorse trump before tonight, on friday, after ron desantis dropped out this weekend he too endorsed trump, the 11th sitting governor to do
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on tuesday night. kyra, this poll is conducted on the 3rd and 4th. that was the day of the caucuses and the day after. no change in the top spot. mitt romney the former governor of massachusetts, you can see ron paul at 18%, everybody else at least on the top five there in single digits. 17%, that s pretty high, accord to go this poll, still undecided. talking about that front-runner, we saw him this morning about an hour agoing in salem, new hampshire. that s where my in-laws live. personal touch there. he was teaming up with john mccain again. mccain endorsed him, kyra. the two of them, plus nicki hailey, they re heading to south carolina later today. south carolina has the third contest in this primary caucus battle. mitt romney was talking about president obama. take a listen to what he had to say. this president is a crony capitalist. he s a job killer. it s going to keep america from creating the jobs we need for
surging along with his poll numbers, i understand. tell me more about that. that s right, they raised a million dollars in 24 hours after those iowa caucuses and he is fighting hard for votes here in new hampshire. you know, the conventional wisdom was, kyra, that he would spend more time in south carolina because that s where a lot of social conservatives are, not so much up here in new hampshire. but keep in mind, rick santorum has a rust belt republican approach to how he wants to go after votes here in this new hampshire primary. he s talking about giving tax breaks to the manufacturing industry to get them to have a rebound. he s also talking about tax breaks for middle class families, so, all of that really aimed at those sort of factory workers and lunch bucket republicans who work in a lot of these towns here in new hampshire. at a town hall event earlier this morning, he was talking about what the difference is between iowa and new hampshire and how he feels he sho