{"id":2251921,"date":"2024-05-24T07:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T11:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-questions-answered-by-haleys-support-for-trump\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T07:18:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T11:18:42","slug":"three-questions-answered-by-haleys-support-for-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-questions-answered-by-haleys-support-for-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Answering Three Questions About Haley&#8217;s Support for Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthree-questions-answered-by-haleys-support-for-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2251921&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former U.S. Ambassador\u2062 Nikki Haley publicly announced her support \u2062for ex-President Trump, revealing insights into \u200bthe GOP voter \u2064base. Despite some\u200d dissatisfaction among \u2063her voters,\u200d Haley&#8217;s endorsement of Trump resonates amidst concerns over Biden&#8217;s policies. The dynamic\u2064 of anti-Trump\u2064 sentiment within the\u2062 Republican primaries\u2063 sheds light on the \u2063complexities of political preferences and alliances. Former U.S. Ambassador Nikki \u2064Haley&#8217;s public \u2062endorsement of ex-President Trump \u200bprovides \u2062valuable\u2063 insights into the GOP voter base. While there is occasional dissatisfaction among her \u2063supporters, Haley&#8217;s backing of Trump\u200b remains influential, especially\u200b given concerns about Biden&#8217;s policies. The presence of anti-Trump sentiment \u200cin the Republican primaries underscores the intricate nature\u200c of\u200b political preferences and alliances.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nikki-haley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nikki Haley <\/a>answered an important question when she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3013931\/nikki-haley-vote-donald-trump-biden-catastrophe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said for the first time<\/a> publicly that she will vote for former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n<p>By effectively endorsing Trump in the general election, Haley may answer another important question: Who are her voters?<\/p>\n<p>Haley\u2019s campaign for the Republican nomination raised a third question. Polls consistently find Trump locking up about 90% of the GOP vote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-dominates-in-2024-general-election-odds\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Dominates in 2024 General Election Odds\">general election matchups<\/a> against President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>. Trump is also ahead of Biden in most such surveys, further arguing against significant GOP defections.<\/p>\n<p>But even since dropping out, Haley has at times easily exceeded 10% of the vote in Republican primaries. In former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-pence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Pence<\/a>\u2019s Indiana just this month, she won 21.7%. She took 16.6% in Pennsylvania. In earlier, more competitive primaries, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-more-votes-than-voters-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing States\">exit polls<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/538\/haley-voters-back-trump\/story?id=108063693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>showed deep dissatisfaction <\/a>among Haley voters with a Trump nomination. A March Emerson College poll showed Haley voters <a href=\"https:\/\/emersoncollegepolling.com\/march-2024-national-poll-trump-45-biden-45haley-primary-voters-break-for-biden-over-trump-in-general-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>breaking<\/a> 63% for Biden to 27% for Trump.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/election-2024\/?utm_source=homepage&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_campaign=iowa_caucus&#038;utm_id=election2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW LATEST COVERAGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So what gives? <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump has not been perfect on these policies, but Biden has been a catastrophe. So I will be voting for Trump,\u201d Haley said at a Hudson Institute event in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday after listing her policy priorities.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/post\/181862\/nikki-haley-trump-endorsement-vote-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>backlash was swift<\/a> and, in some quarters, fierce. The Haley vote in the Republican primaries became the anti-Trump vote.<\/p>\n<p>There is some reason to believe Haley\u2019s vote totals were padded by anti-Trump voters who are no longer Republicans, if they ever were. She did win one closed primary, a low-turnout affair in Washington, D.C., but many of her strongest showings came in open and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kennedy-inspiring-a-different-kind-of-crossover-voting-movement-voters-say\/\" title=\"Voters claim Kennedy inspires unique crossover voting movement.\">semi-open primaries<\/a> in the absence of a competitive Democratic presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>In Haley\u2019s home state of South Carolina, she finished a tick below 40% of the vote. But Trump won 72% of self-identified Republicans, according to exit polls, to Haley\u2019s 28%. Haley won 59% of South Carolinians who had never voted in a Republican primary before.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, in New Hampshire, where Haley won 43% overall, Trump beat her 74% to 25% among voters who described themselves as Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Only 29% of Haley\u2019s New Hampshire voters said they were strongly for her candidacy. Another 31% backed her with reservations. A plurality of 39% said they disliked other candidates, presumably Trump. Eighty percent of Trump voters said they were strongly for the former president while only 3% were mostly voting against other candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Trump won 85% of North Carolina primary voters who considered themselves Republicans before Election Day, though he also beat Haley among independents 54% to 40%. She won 57% of those who had never voted in a Republican primary before. In the Tar Heel State\u2019s primary, 48% of Haley voters approved of the job Biden is doing to 52% who disapproved. Among Trump voters, 2% approved and 96% disapproved.<\/p>\n<p>The results were similar in Virginia. Forty-eight percent of Haley voters approved of Biden to 51% who disapproved. Only 1% of Trump voters approved to 97% who disapproved. Trump won 79% of Virginians who considered themselves Republicans before the primary. Haley won 84% of the small number who identified as Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>These data points, and the anger at Haley for choosing Trump, support NBC News\u2019s Steve Kornacki\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/steve-kornacki-trump-wins-independents-polls-struggling-primaries-rcna140740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>theory<\/a> for why she does decently in the primaries, but the former president doesn\u2019t lose many Republicans in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-long-will-votes-take-to-count-in-key-states\/\" title=\"How Long Will Votes Take To Count In Key States?\">general election polls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe answer that reconciles those figures, or at least a big part of them, with the general election polling is that many of these Haley votes are likely coming from people who already cast ballots against Trump in 2016 and 2020 \u2014 and who are committed to doing so again in 2024,\u201d he writes. \u201cTo them, these primaries amount to a bonus opportunity to cast yet another vote against Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t mean Haley\u2019s voters don\u2019t matter. Trump needs every Republican he can get, as well as help with suburban women. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/reporters-notebook\/2999701\/reporters-notebook-nikki-haleys-staying-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the stubborn Haley vote<\/a> may be yet another sign that anti-Trump voters will turn out for anyone, even candidates who have already dropped out, to register their protest. That\u2019s a problem, but a different kind of problem than a divided GOP.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Haley\u2019s endorsement, however tepid, isn\u2019t surprising. She said tough things about Trump in 2016 but ultimately voted for him twice, went to work in his administration, gave an enthusiastic speech likening him to President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nikki-haley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ronald Reagan<\/a> at the 2020 GOP convention, and considered deferring to him in the primaries this year.<\/p>\n<p>But many of Haley\u2019s voters made their minds up about Trump a long time ago and won\u2019t be moved by her decision.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley publicly stated that she will vote for former President Donald Trump. 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