Thousand of Republican voters in Kentucky voted for candidates who have dropped out of the race.
While former President Donald Trump won the Kentucky primary, thousands of Republican voters cast ballots for candidates who have dropped out of the race.
Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has already won enough delegates to secure the nomination, and each of his rivals has dropped out of the race. However, some moderate Republicans still refuse to vote for Trump. Instead, they are casting their ballots for other candidates like Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador who ended her campaign in March.
Haley has garnered thousands of votes, even after she dropped out of the race after losing every state but Vermont. Some Republicans have continued to voice their support for Haley after claiming they will never vote for Trump.
On Tuesday, 14 percent of Kentucky Republicans voted voted for a candidate other than Trump, with most of those votes going to Haley. Haley garnered 6.4 percent of the vote, followed by “uncommitted” at 3.5 percent.
Ron DeSantis—who dropped out of the presidential race in January—also garnered some votes, with 3.1 percent of Kentucky Republicans casting their ballot for the Florida governor.
