Democrats jumped on Trump’s victory, calling it pyrrhic.

The DNC poured millions into Haley’s campaign in the hope of derailing the Trump Train. Guess it didn’t payoff. 

But we state the case. Democrats and Independents voted in the Primary. This diluted Trump’s actual tally.

South Carolina allows registered voters — Republicans, Democrats and independents — to participate in any primary of their choosing. But they can only vote in one, not both. Former President Donald Trump railed against South Carolina’s 2024 open GOP primary earlier this month as he sought to convince Republicans that he needed them to show up and vote for him in Saturday’s election.

“Nikki Haley is pushing Democrats to vote,” Trump alleged during a campaign stop in North Charleston, South Carolina. “Which they shouldn’t be able to do.”  

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/who-can-vote-in-the-south-carolina-republican-primary/ar-BB1iOumH

As Trump maintains his grip on the Republican base, Haley, the former ambassador to the United Nations and governor of South Carolina, has looked to independent voters to boost her campaign, making an open primary potentially more beneficial to her than one that allows only registered party members to vote. 

By Alexandra Ulmer and Nathan Layne

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) -Donald Trump easily defeated Nikki Haley in South Carolina’s Republican contest on Saturday, extending his winning streak as he marches toward a third consecutive presidential nomination and a rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden.

GEORGETOWN, South Carolina (Reuters) – As Donald Trump comes close to clinching a third presidential nomination, anti-Trump Republicans are facing a sobering reality: Their party is unlikely to revert to what it was before the MAGA wave rolled in, and they now have no obvious political home.