Another loss, but Haley presses on for Republicans not ready to crown Trump

The Republican contender has exasperated her rival by not dropping out, but she believes not everyone in the party is enamored of Trump

• Trump soundly defeats Haley in South Carolina primary

Losing South Carolina is almost always a bad omen for presidential hopefuls and defeat in a candidate's home state is viewed as irrevocable. But as the last Republican standing between Donald Trump and the Republican party nomination, Nikki Haley thrilled supporters on Saturday by deftly capitalizing on her small but consistent show of support from voters desperate for an alternative.

Trump was declared the winner within one minute of polls closing in the Palmetto State, an unsurprising but nevertheless stinging rebuke for Haley at the hands of the voters who twice elected her governor.