Nikki Haley Predicts She Will Overcome 30-Point Deficit to Beat Trump in South Carolina
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Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley laid out her theory of the Republican primary at a townhall in Iowa on Friday, predicting that she would win her home state of South Carolina, where she served as governor from 2011-2017.
“Get used to this face, I’m not going anywhere,” said Haley. “Our goal was I’m trying to one, earn your trust, earn your vote. “The way this will happen is this is not 2016 all over again.”
She continued:
If you notice, if you don’t make the debate stage, you’re pretty much out. We started with 12 candidates. The first debate was 8 candidates. The second debate was 7 candidates. The last debate was 5 candidates. This debate next month, it’ll be December 6 in Alabama, I expect there to be 3 candidates on the stage. So going into Iowa, we’re going to see 3 to 4 people fight for Iowa. Couple people are going to drop, and then we’re going to go on to New Hampshire and then we’re going to fight for Granite Staters. Then more people are going to drop, and then I go head-to -head with Trump in my home state of South Carolina and we take it.
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Nikki Haley lays out her theory of the 2024 primary at an Iowa town hall.
She says the debate requirements are shrinking the field, candidates will drop after Iowa and New Hampshire.
“Then I go head-to-head with Trump in my home state of South Carolina. And we take it.” pic.twitter.com/h21oo9ZpYn
— Stephanie Murray (@stephanie_murr) November 17, 2023
Haley is presently in second place in South Carolina behind only former President Donald Trump, according to the RealClearPolitics average of polls in the Palmetto state. Trump presently leads with 49.3%, followed by Haley (18.8%), Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (10.5%), and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy (3%). Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) still commands the support of 8.8% of the electorate in the average, but dropped out of the race earlier this week.
