LYME/OLD LYME—The results in Tuesday’s Presidential Preference Primaries brought no surprises in either Lyme or Old Lyme with President Joe Biden (D) and the presumptive Republican nominee Donald J. Trump (R) both winning comfortably, though by significantly different margins.
Biden took 93.1% (135 votes) of the 145 Democratic votes cast in Lyme and 89.4% (254 votes) of the 284 Democratic votes cast in Old Lyme.
In contrast, Trump’s share of the Republican vote in Lyme (38 votes) was 53.5%. Nikki Haley, despite suspending her campaign, garnered 18 votes representing almost exactly half the number of votes received by Trump, and equivalent to 25.4% of the 71 total Republican votes.
In Old Lyme, Trump took 66.5% of the total Republican votes cast—151 votes out of 227— with Haley collecting 51 votes, representing 22.4% of the total. Haley’vote total was almost exactly one third of Trump’s total.
The second place Democratic candidate in both towns was ‘Uncommitted” with six Lyme voters selecting that option and 12 Old Lyme voters taking it.
The full results in Lyme were as follows:
DEMOCRATS
Marianne Williamson: 3
Dean Phillips: 0
Cenk Uygur: 1
Joe Biden:135
Uncommitted: 6
REPUBLICANS
Ron DeSantis: 3
Nikki Haley: 18
Donald J. Trump: 38
Ryan Binkley: 0
Uncommitted: 12
The full results in Old Lyme were as follows:
DEMOCRATS
Marianne Williamson: 3
Dean Phillips: 2
Cenk Uygur: 3
Joe Biden: 254
Uncommitted: 22
REPUBLICANS
Ron DeSantis: 6
Nikki Haley: 51
Donald J. Trump: 151
Ryan Binkley: 2
Uncommitted: 17