Trump clearly wins the Republican primaries in North Dakota, again Merkel’s government planned military deliveries to Russia

According to predictions from Fox News and NBC, the 77-year-old has clearly won in the northern American state. After almost 40 percent of the votes had been counted, Trump received just under 85 percent, while his competitor Nikki Haley, considered slightly more moderate, received just under 15 percent. Additional votes went to other candidates.

The rural state with the capital Bismarck is conservative and has approximately 775,000 inhabitants. North Dakota does not feature prominently in the candidacy race. Only 29 of the 2,429 delegates are up for grabs. If Trump still has more than 60 percent of the votes behind him at the end of the count, all state delegate votes must go to him. Voting did not take place in the traditional manner at polling stations, but rather at small party gatherings – the so-called caucus meetings.

Trump has so far won every vote in his party’s primaries for the fall presidential election, except for those in Washington’s liberal Capital District. This Tuesday marks the next major milestone of the election year: “Super Tuesday” with voting in more than a dozen states. Trump is leading in the polls. The 52-year-old Haley will not have any chance to achieve significant success – or even to win her party’s candidacy.

Anyone who wants to become a presidential candidate in the US must first win in the parties’ internal primaries. The candidates are then officially chosen at party conferences in the summer. The Republican nominating convention will take place in mid-July. Democrats in North Dakota won’t vote until the end of March. Incumbent Joe Biden, who wants to run for the Democrats, has no relevant competition in his party. (sda/dpa)