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Former President and Republican nominee Donald Trump swept to victory here in 2020 with around two-thirds of the vote.
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Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 22 July 2024
In the GOP primary, Trump received 79% of the vote, lower than Biden’s nearly 89% in his primary, with almost 13% voting for his former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who’d dropped out a month earlier.
—Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2024
Doing so was a massive logistical challenge: candidates from across these factions had to drop out of races between the first round (where the National Rally won) and the runoffs so as not to split the vote.
—Rachel Kleinfeld, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024
In South Africa, the African National Congress lost its majority for the first time in the country’s post-apartheid history, falling from 57.9% of the vote in 2019 to a stunning 40.2% this year.
—Ian Bremmer, TIME, 18 July 2024
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Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 22 July 2024
In the GOP primary, Trump received 79% of the vote, lower than Biden’s nearly 89% in his primary, with almost 13% voting for his former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who’d dropped out a month earlier.
—Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2024
Doing so was a massive logistical challenge: candidates from across these factions had to drop out of races between the first round (where the National Rally won) and the runoffs so as not to split the vote.
—Rachel Kleinfeld, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024
In South Africa, the African National Congress lost its majority for the first time in the country’s post-apartheid history, falling from 57.9% of the vote in 2019 to a stunning 40.2% this year.
—Ian Bremmer, TIME, 18 July 2024
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“The vote.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20vote. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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