and a hail mary challenger. it s election night in new hampshire. the republican race is down to two. one by one you saw them leave. now we have a two person race. donald trump trying to cement his status at the top of the ticket. we will be leaving new hampshire with a think a big victory. while his final rival nikki haley chases an upset you. have a decision to make. the decision comes down to this: do we want more of the same or do you want something different. [cheers and applause]. and the mad dash write in campaign for an incumbent president not on the ballot. our coverage of the new hampshire primary starts right now. it was a showdown in new hampshire. former president trump emerging victorious and nikki haley vowing to soldier on. i am bret baier. and i am martha maccallum. welcome to bedford, new hampshire. fox news projecting that the former president trump won the republican primary in new hampshire but the margin of victory over nikki
it is 4:00 here in new york, 3:00 p.m. in des moines where in just a few hours, the doors will open at caucus locations across the state. and the first votes will be cast in the 2024 election. voters going to the polls today in 1600 precincts across all of iowa s 99 counties will do it in some of the most brutal conditions imaginable. tonight could be the coldest iowa caucus ever. windchills could gets a low as 45 degrees farenheit, that is freezing. that brutal cold is putting a damper on what is normally a frenzy of campaigning. trump campaign and haley campaign canceled three events, but it doesn t mean candidates aren t asking people to get out and vote. ex-president said even if you vote and then pass away, it is worth it. yes? he really said that. there is no early voting and no mail-in ballot, so all of it comes to turnout tonight. the last nbc des moines register poll released last night shows trump with a commanding 28 point lead. if he wins by anything close to th
About why trump s polling in iowa overall is much stronger now. because back in 2016 it was trump s worst performing county in the state. he came in fourth, losing every precinct. largely due to his weak support with evangelical voters. a lot has changed since then, though. i mean, not for the good for trump necessarily. trump has been well, he s been married three times. that was before then. but he s been indicted four. owned casinos promoted gambling, had an affair with a porn star. been credibly accused of sexual assault by more than 25 women and bragged about it on tape. some of that happened before that but that s all part of trump s record. and he s noweading the gop field by nearl 30 points with evangelical caucgos according to a new poll from nbc news. and is it because trump has ned his own values with the evangelical community, he hasn t be become more evangelical. it s because more people in the evangelical community seem to have aligned their values to his. so let s brin