Nikki Haley on the U.S. presidential race: “National polls don’t matter now”
Although Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley is trailing Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis in national polls, the former South Carolina governor believes this doesn’t matter too much now, considering past presidential elections
Nikki Haley, Republican presidential hopeful and former South Carolina governor, is not in the best place considering recent national polls about the U.S. presidential race.
According to the results of the FiveThirtyEight pollster, reviewed by ABC 4 News, Haley has only 3.6% support among the Republican electorate, which leaves her below candidates such as former President Donald Trump (51.9%), Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (18.6%), or Vivek Ramaswamy (6.8%, although in other polls she equals the Florida governor).
A fourth place finish that is actually not entirely insignificant, given the large number of Republican presidential hopefuls in the GOP primaries. In fact, Haley is ahead of other contenders such as Senator Tim Scott, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie or former Arkansas Governor William Asa Hutchinson.
Despite this, the Republican presidential hopeful does not see this as an obstacle. Earlier this month, Haley asserted on “Fox News Sunday” with Shannon Bream that, “I think we can look at past presidential elections and understand that national polls don’t matter now.”
Haley added that there will be upcoming opportunities, such as national debates, that she hopes to take advantage of.
“We have debate in August, in September, in October. I’m qualified to go on a debate stage. It’s not about how many people show up at your rallies. It’s about how many times you show up, how hard the questions you answer are and what alliances you can make. That’s what we’re doing,” Haley told Shannon Bream, according to ABC 4 News.
Also, Haley will soon be in New Hampshire to preside over a public event in which she will resume her campaign as a presidential hopeful.
According to ABC 4 News, Haley is expected to resume her primary message: to empower the new generations and to leave “the dramas of the past behind”, which may involve turning her back on former President Donald Trump, who, despite being the favorite presidential hopeful, also faces 37 charges for mishandling classified documents.