In Florida, where Trump now spends most of his time, he won the primary with 81 percent, amounting to more than 910,000 votes, with Haley second on nearly 14 percent (155,461 votes). Florida Governor Ron DeSantis—who dropped out of the race after the first-in-the-nation Iowa Caucus in January—finished in third with 3.7 percent (41,233) of votes.
Donald Trump lost over 500,000 votes to Nikki Haley during Tuesday's GOP primaries, despite the former South Carolina governor dropping out of the race, with tens of thousands of other votes going against the former president.
Trump, who is already the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, continued his domination in the GOP primaries in Florida, Ohio, Arizona, Illinois and Kansas on March 19.
But despite him being the clear winner, Haley—who officially suspended her White House bid in the wake of Super Tuesday—still managed to achieve between 10 and 20 percent of the vote across the five states. While a significant number of these ballots may have been cast before she dropped out of the race, the results are another indication that Trump is struggling to unite Republican voters beyond his MAGA base.
Haley was seen as a more moderate Republican candidate, who was able to garner support from key independent voters as well as the so-called "Never Trump" brigade. Some polls have indicated that a majority of Haley supporters will not go on to vote for Trump in the 2024 election against President Joe Biden, suggesting the former president will not have enough support from the general population to win November's race.
In Florida, where Trump now spends most of his time, he won the primary with 81 percent, amounting to more than 910,000 votes, with Haley second on nearly 14 percent (155,461 votes). Florida Governor Ron DeSantis—who dropped out of the race after the first-in-the-nation Iowa Caucus in January—finished in third with 3.7 percent (41,233) of votes.
With a majority of the ballots tallied in the key swing state of Arizona, Trump won with more than 450,000 votes (77.9 percent), but Haley achieved over 108,000 votes (18.6 percent). DeSantis and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, who also dropped out the race in January, won more than 14,000 votes between them in Arizona.
In Illinois, Trump achieved more than 469,500 (80.7 percent) votes. Haley won more than 83,500 (14.3 percent), and over 25,000 people voted for DeSantis and Christie.
In Kansas, Trump came out on top with 75 percent of the votes (over 70,000), with Haley achieving 16 percent (more than 15,000). DeSantis won just over 2,400 votes, with "none of the names shown" coming in third place with more than 4,800 votes.
In Ohio, Trump won with just over 79 percent of the vote (more than 889,000), with the former South Carolina governor getting just over 14 percent (161,357). DeSantis came in third with over 37,000 votes, with Christie still receiving nearly 20,000 votes.
