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Nikki Haley surges in poll to within four points of Republican leader Trump (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Five@slrpnk.net to c/politics@beehaw.org

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[–] alyaza@beehaw.org 54 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

"in New Hampshire" is the important caveat here, and this is an outlier-low for Trump poll too. nationally she continues to poll anywhere from 30 to 50 points behind him, and in any case it's not a given that "winning New Hampshire" is capable of catapulting her to victory with a Republican electorate that clearly likes Trump a lot

[–] SomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.org 17 points 11 months ago

At this point there's a huge swath of Republican voters who don't know who the heck she is. Trump may have done the right thing by snubbing the primary debates because he's managed to help keep the knuckle-draggers who form his base ignorant of the other candidates who aren't trying to out-Trump Trump himself.

[+] hedge@beehaw.org 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] Zworf@beehaw.org 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

I hadn't heard of her but reading her wikipedia page it seems she was pro-LGBTQ+ and anti white supremacy when she was governor, but unfortunately been reversed since she started to run for president. Probably to appease the hard conservatives. However much republican she is, she sounds way better than Trump tbh. Which is a low bar to reach of course.

Also whatever denomination, I think it would be good for America to have a female (and native indian) president for once. It shouldn't be a job for geriatric white guys only.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah, so was McCain until he got onto the ticket and every GOP puppet master shoved their arms up his ass.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

dunno, shes doesnt quite exactly fit the foxnews look.. shes got the parroting part down solid, ill give her that. shes is excellent at repeating the talking points handed to her.

the thing is; a warm body thats not trump might have a chance against the cold, dead body slated to run again for the ~~conservatives~~ democrats

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 11 months ago

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The former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley has pulled within four percentage points of frontrunner Donald Trump in New Hampshire’s 2024 Republican presidential primary, a contest which could prove closer than expected for the ex-president, according to a new poll.

Haley’s strong showing in the American Research Group Inc survey came a day after a poll from the Saint Anselm College New Hampshire Institute of Politics found she had doubled her support in the state since September, seemingly cementing her as a clear alternate choice to Trump for conservative voters.

But while Haley still has ground to gain to take the lead in the state, Trump coming in at less than 50% support “shows he has serious competition in the party”, the University of New Hampshire survey center director, Andrew Smith, has previously told USA Today.

Yet citing two sources familiar with the conversations, CBS News reported on Friday that Trump had also simultaneously been asking his team about tapping Haley to serve as a vice-presidential candidate if he eventually wins the Republican primary to be the 2024 Oval Office nominee, which if accurate would be a sign that he covets capitalizing on her support.

Trump, for his part, faces 91 criminal charges accusing him of trying to forcibly reverse his defeat to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, illegally retaining government secrets after he left the Oval Office and illicit hush-money payments to the adult film actor Stormy Daniels.

Academics, commentators and political opponents have been quick to link Trump’s recent remarks that certain immigrants were “poisoning the blood of” the US to rhetoric used historically by Hitler, Benito Mussolini and other authoritarian world rulers.

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