Yesterday evening Nikki Haley finally won her first Republican primary - in the heart of the swamp, Washington D.C. Haley couldn’t beat Trump in her own hometown, but she could beat him in the belly of the beast.
While Haley took nearly 63% of the vote to Trump’s 33%, the turnout was anemic, with her taking the 19 delegates with only 1,274 votes (to Trump’s 676). For reference, D.C.’s population density is 11,515 people per square mile.
While I hate to give NBC credit for anything, their elections analyst Steve Kornacki did a great job breaking down how it would take the “mother of all political miracles” for Haley to win a significant amount of delegates.
