Nikki Haley, the only contender remaining in the Republican race for presidential nomination, formally announced the end of her campaign on Wednesday 6th March.

Her withdrawal from the race to win the Republican bid for presidency followed her dismal results on Super Tuesday. Donald Trump, the only remaining candidate in the race, is currently on track to clinch the 1,215 delegates required for the Republican nomination later this month.  

‘I said I wanted Americans to have their voices heard. I have done that,’ said Haley, speaking in Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday morning. ‘I have no regrets.’

Haley congratulated Trump on his success; however, she did not endorse his bid for the presidency. Instead, Haley made reference to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, encouraging voters to ‘never just follow the crowd’ and ‘always make up their own mind’.

‘It is now up to Donald Trump to earn the vote – those in our party and beyond it, who did not support him. And I hope he does that,’ said Haley.

Super Tuesday, a significant date in the election calendar, saw one third of all delegates up for grabs in primaries across 15 states and territories. Although Haley prevented Trump from a clean sweep with her win in Vermont, he secured victory in the remaining 14 primaries, bringing his delegate count up to 1,062.

Haley, 52, was the last of a dozen major candidates challenging favourite Donald Trump for the Republican nomination. She had vowed to remain in the running until Super Tuesday, despite her lack of success in the polls.

Following her withdrawal, Trump said that the former South Carolina governor ‘got trounced’ and encouraged her voters to support his movement. He will now be competing with Democrat contender Joe Biden to secure Haley’s voters.

The incumbent president secured similar success from Democrat voters on Super Tuesday, also collecting wins in 14 of the 15 states and territories. Biden’s most significant challenger in the primaries, Dean Phillips, similarly dropped out of the race on Wednesday, and endorsed him as nominee. As a result, a rematch of the 2020 election looks increasingly likely for November.

The presidency election campaign is now entering its third month of voting. Candidates seeking the official nomination of either of the major parties have to secure a required number of delegates to qualify. These votes are secured based on state-by-state public voting known as primaries.

Primaries shall continue in states across the US in the build-up to the Republican National Convention (15-18th July) and the Democratic National Convention (21st-22nd August). From there, the official party nominees shall be declared, and will go on to partake in a series of presidential debates before the national presidential election on 5th November 2024.  

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