Watch Nidhi Razdan: Why Trump’s victory in New Hampshire matters

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The race for the Republican Presidential race in the US is all but over. With his win over Nikki Haley in the New Hampshire primary, Donald Trump has further strengthened his hold on the party and barring any shock legal setbacks over the next few months, it looks like a Trump vs Biden contest is on the cards this November.  Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/trump-makes-history-in-gop-political-arena-1.100650388  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #USElections #DonaldTrump

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00:00Donald Trump's victory in New Hampshire is significant because now it puts him in

00:08poll position to take on Joe Biden in November. Nikki Haley is putting up a brave front, but

00:14the question really now is, when is she going to drop out of the race, not if. There is

00:19growing pressure on her to step aside and let Trump take the lead. So barring any short

00:24legal setbacks, it very much looks like a Trump versus Biden battle. However, there

00:28were some warning signs for Trump as well in New Hampshire, because exit polls showed

00:33that the more moderate voters voted overwhelmingly for Nikki Haley, not for Trump. And many of

00:39the more moderate liberal voters are going to be a key demographic in the November election.

00:45One exit poll by Edison Research says that about 35% of voters are in that category,

00:51and they are the ones that Trump really needs to address. His cause support base is with

00:55him, they are overwhelmingly with him. 80% of them believe that the election in 2020

01:00was stolen from him and that Biden didn't win it legitimately. But it is that more moderate

01:06Republican base that he has to try and win over. And statistics so far indicate that

01:11that is going to be tough for him. The other issue is on abortion rights with Joe Biden

01:16has made a big centrepiece of his campaign already. Because again, exit poll data shows

01:22that even amongst those who voted in the Republican primary, those who are college

01:27educated women in particular, they're not big fans of Trump. And many of them are against

01:31the abortion bans that have played out in the US over the last year or so. So this could

01:36be a key issue that could work in Biden's favour. Despite these warning signs, however,

01:42Trump is clearly the overwhelming Republican favourite to take on Biden. It just remains

01:46to be seen how it plays out.

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