A new poll from CNN found that former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is the sole 2024 Republican presidential candidate who would secure a victory against President Biden in the general election.
The survey, released on Thursday, suggests that major GOP contenders such as former President Donald Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and others would find themselves in a dead heat with President Biden if the election were held today. However, Nikki Haley stands out as the only candidate with a clear lead in polling.
The poll’s results indicate that Donald Trump garnered 47% support among respondents, closely followed by President Biden with 46%, with the results falling within the poll’s margin of error. Similarly, former Vice President Mike Pence’s numbers also hovered within the margin of error, showing him ahead of President Biden with 46% to 44%. Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina received the same result as Pence, while businessman Vivek Ramaswamy trailed President Biden with 45% to 46%. Governor DeSantis found himself in a dead heat with President Biden, both candidates securing 47% of the support.
However, Nikki Haley managed to surpass the margin of error, boasting a substantial 49% support compared to President Biden’s 43%.
It’s worth noting that despite this advantage in general election polling, Republican primary polls tell a different story, with all candidates significantly trailing behind Donald Trump. DeSantis remains the only Trump challenger consistently polling in the double digits.
Nikki Haley, who previously served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under President Trump, has anchored her campaign on her foreign policy expertise and her experience as the former governor of South Carolina.
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She would need Trump’s endorsement. And she has to be careful not to “diss” Trump, even if disagreeing on specific policies. To win, any Republican has to unite the MAGA populists, and the more traditional conservative Reaganites.
Any woman as president would be a disaster.
How did I guess this poll was done by a far leftist institution? not רוח הקודש…
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to win, haley has to first secure the republican nomination, and that’s where “not dissing trump” matters. and then she has to ensure that biden wins the democratic nomination. from there, the race is hers to lose.
Haley is totally opposed to Trump’s Neville Chamberlain like policies of Appeasement. Which means that Trump will never support her and Trump’s puppet master Putin will make sure she doesn’t live to be President.
At the debate she was the only adult in the room. I have contributed to her campaign. She has proven to respect Israel and the Jewish people. She is clear spoken and rational. She will bring some sanity to the Republican party. Her husband is an enlisted man, she understands the seriousness of war and respects the need to be strong against adversaries. I believe that terrorism will drop in Israel because she will not hinder them from protecting their people.
republicans, in general, have a very difficult time with women voters across the entire social and racial spectrum. therefore, it is not surprising that a woman who can hold on to the majority of the republican male vote can fare better in the general than the men.
modern: It isn’t clear what Trump really thinks about foreign affairs. As president, he started giving military aid to Ukraine and nagged NATO to take defense seriously (n.b. when Putin invaded Crimea, Obama/Biden sent combat rations but made a point of not sending weapons). Also Trump was anti-China, and at this point, it seems that Russia plays a role in that alliance similar to what Italy played to Germany in the Axis. Trump could very easily decide that “Leading the free world is what makes America great”, and Biden is making a point of not being comfortable as a hawk (and remember is background in the 1960s and 1970s).
Trump has amazing flexibility of policy issues (which is to say he seems to be making up his positions as he is speaking, with minimal ideology involved). And Trump has the most to lose is the Democrats win, since they have shown a willingness to rig the legal system to make sure he dies penniless and in prison – so if another Republican has the best chance of winning, he is likely to drop out and support him or her. Also Biden might drop out, since the Democrats are increasingly afraid that Biden will lose to Trump, which they perceive as a disaster (and in all fairness, “None of the above” seems to have the momentum in polling).