Nikki Haley Makes Announcement Of Her Own After DeSantis Exits 2024 Race

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is celebrating Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dropping out of the 2024 Republican main.

During a marketing campaign occasion earlier than Tuesday’s main election in New Hampshire, Haley instructed a crowd in Seabrook that the Republican main is now between herself and former President Donald Trump. Haley additionally vowed to remain within the race after the New Hampshire main, which polling exhibits she is going to lose to Trump.

“We just heard that Ron DeSantis has dropped out the race. I want to say to Ron, he ran a great race. He’s been a good governor, and we wish him well. Having said that, it’s now one fella and one lady left!” Haley instructed the group.

Just days earlier than the New Hampshire main, DeSantis endorsed Trump and withdrew from the Republican presidential race in 2024. The Florida governor took to X, the social media platform previously often called Twitter, and made the announcement.

“If there was anything I could do to produce a favorable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews, I would do it. But I can’t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources if we don’t have a clear path to victory. Accordingly, I am today suspending my campaign,” mentioned DeSantis, who was a distant third within the single digits within the newest polls in New Hampshire.

“It’s clear to me that a majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance. They watched his presidency get stymied by relentless resistance, and they see Democrats using lawfare this day to attack him. I signed a pledge to support the Republican nominee, and I will honor that pledge,” DeSantis added.

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Nikki Haley responds to Ron DeSantis ending his marketing campaign: “I want to say to Ron, he ran a great race. He’s been a good governor, and we wish him well. Having said that, it’s now one fella and one lady left.” pic.twitter.com/4GZZrKX7sn

— Dylan Wells (@dylanewells) January 21, 2024

Recent CNN polling out of the University of New Hampshire means that former president Donald Trump has a commanding lead within the New Hampshire Republican presidential main, constructing on his decisive 30-point victory in final week’s Iowa caucuses.

Among Granite Staters who’re prone to vote within the Republican main, Trump has 50% support, with former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley trailing in second place with 39%. Since the final CNN/UNH ballot in early January, when Trump had 39% of the vote and Haley had 32%, each candidates have gained support because of the discount within the variety of main contenders.

According to UNH polling on the race since 2021, each Trump and Haley now have their highest degree of support. Despite Haley’s spectacular features because the finish of final summer time, the hole between her and Trump has widened to double digits as soon as once more.

Among the early main states, Trump’s opponents have lengthy seen New Hampshire as their greatest guess to derail his pursuit of a 3rd consecutive Republican presidential nomination. In this early state, voters had been typically essentially the most receptive to Trump’s opponents, and polls constantly confirmed that he didn’t have majority support.

However, the newest ballot signifies that Trump’s support and recognition amongst Republicans far exceed these of his opponents.

In the Republican main, Haley has 71% support from moderates and 58% from undeclared voters (New Hampshire’s phrase for independents) who intend to forged a poll. Voters with bachelor’s levels usually tend to support Haley than Trump (38% vs. 50%).

However, when thought of individually, these demographics solely account for a small fraction of New Hampshire’s probably GOP main voters: 47% are undeclared, 33% have a bachelor’s diploma or above, and roughly 30% contemplate themselves moderates.

The extra highly effective opposing factions inside every of these teams have largely rallied behind Trump. He has the support of 67% of Republican registration, 71% of conservatives, and 55% of the non-degreed inhabitants.

Even extra placing is the truth that 88% of Trump’s supporters are useless set on supporting him, whereas solely 74% of Haley’s supporters are in a comparable way of thinking. That works out to 45% of voters strongly supporting Trump, in comparison with 30% who’re on the fence about Haley.

About one-fifth of probably Republican main voters total nonetheless haven’t determined who to vote for, regardless that Tuesday’s main is simply across the nook. Currently, 51% of that group is on Haley’s aspect, 28% are on Trump’s, and 14% are on DeSantis.

New Hampshire Republican main voters usually imagine that Trump will win on Tuesday (70% imagine he’ll carry the day, in comparison with 36% of Haley supporters).

Plus, extra folks could be pleased with Trump because the celebration’s presidential nominee than with Haley or DeSantis (61% say they’d be enthusiastic or glad if Trump gained the nomination, in comparison with 54% for Haley and DeSantis, respectively).

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Still, amongst main voters, Trump maintains a better favorable score than Haley or DeSantis: 56% have a optimistic impression of Trump, in comparison with 36% for Haley and 28% for DeSantis.

Unlike Haley, who finishes the marketing campaign in detrimental territory, he’s the only remaining candidate who has maintained a internet optimistic favorability score all through the previous yr.

The Republican main voters within the state additionally had a usually optimistic impression of Trump’s efficiency in workplace.

Of those that are prone to vote for him within the Republican main, 70% imagine that he had a internet optimistic affect on the nation throughout his first time period in workplace, 28% say the other, and a couple of% say he had no impact in any respect.