Haley has launched a seven-figure ad buy signaling she’s going to stay in through Super Tuesday
Nikki Haley’s Campaign in South Carolina: What’s Happening in the Confrontation of South Carolina with Donald Trump and Joe Biden
Despite that, Haley’s campaign has banked a lot of time and resources in South Carolina. She received millions of dollars in cash from a billionaire last month.
Despite the fact that there is majority support in the party for Donald Trump, a segment of the right of center that is wealthy and willing to spend money to get her to stay is still willing to vote for her.
She has a lot of worries about Trump regaining the presidency. “I have even more concerns about Joe Biden being president. I mean, you look at both of these men and all they have done is given us chaos, all they have given us is division.”
Haley has been doing well among Republicans who are open to alternatives to Trump, as well as voters who are more moderate. In New Hampshire, which has a large share of independent voters, Haley got 43% of the vote. Donald Trump won the primary with 50% of the vote.
“We know that the math is challenging,” said campaign manager Betsy Ankney on a call with reporters, “but this has never just been about who can win a Republican primary. This battle is about who can win in November, defeat the Democrats and get our country back on track.
She’s also expected to lose her home state of South Carolina in Saturday’s GOP primary. Donald Trump has a large lead in the polls.
Super Tuesday, which occurs on March 5, is the biggest primary day of the year as voters in 15 states and one territory go to the polls to select a nominee. It’s a lot of work to get over voters in that many states, and Haley’s demographic isn’t in her favor.
Acknowledging the race is an uphill climb, Nikki Haley’s campaign Friday said it will be launching a “seven-figure” national cable and digital ad buy that will take it through at least Super Tuesday.
Republicans say the party has changed a lot in the state since then. Matt Moore, who previously served as the chairman of South Carolina’s state Republican Party, told NPR’s Don Gonyea that the GOP there is “a much different party than when Nikki Haley was governor.”
Fifty delegates are up for grabs in South Carolina, and only the winner will be awarded all of them. Some states divvy up delegates according to a candidate’s vote share. South Carolina’s system is winner take all.
In 2016, more than 750,000 voters – a state GOP record – participated in South Carolina’s Republican primary, according to state figures. In this year’s primary, voters have already cast about 205,000 ballots during an early voting period, which ran from Feb. 12-22.
“I am not leaving” — a message from South Carolina for the last person to vote on South Carolina’s presidential election — by Carole Haley
She also pledged that she would continue campaigning until “the last person votes.” She told NPR that she would stay in and watch Super Tuesday on March 5.
Haley said during the speech that on Sunday she would still be running for president if she won the South Carolina election. “I’m not leaving.”
“I didn’t think about what follows that and I don’t think I have done that yet,” she said. “But our goal was between South Carolina and Super Tuesday, another 20 states have voted, and that’s more of the representation we want, let people’s voices be heard.”
However, in South Carolina, voters are significantly more conservative, which presents significant hurdles for Haley. That’s even though she was elected twice as governor of the state about a decade ago.