Current Events > Nikki Haley Voters Don't Know Where to Go

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Now that Nikki Haley has shuttered her presidential campaign, one person who voted for her refuses to back former President Donald Trump and plans to reluctantly vote for President Joe Biden.
Another Haley primary supporter acknowledges that he was probably always a closet Trump fan and will vote for the former president again in November.
The former U.N. ambassadors base was never big enough to seriously challenge Trump before he clinched a third straight Republican nomination. But in whats shaping up to be a tight rematch between Trump and Biden, the apparent splintering of Haleys voters and donors could hurt Trumps general election chances, particularly in battleground states full of suburban voters who remain dubious of a Trump return to the White House.
For now, interviews with Haleys supporters suggest they could go in a variety of directions some backing Trump, some going to Biden and others seeking third-party options or avoiding making a decision about the presidential race yet.
Haley has not spoken publicly since leaving the race and urging Trump to reach out to all Republicans. She has not endorsed Trump and suggested she may not at all.
She said its up to him to earn the support of those who supported her, and hes got to earn it, said Eric Tanenblatt, a longtime GOP donor who was Haleys Georgia campaigns co-chairman. Right now, Im definitely not there. It tells me there are things that are still up in the air among other key Haley donors waiting for a sign.
The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
A reluctant return to Trump for some voters
Glenn Swanson caucused for Haley after seeing her campaign in his hometown of Cedar Falls, Iowa. At the time, the retired architect said he was open to a Trump alternative. Now, hes coming back to the candidate he supported in both 2016 and 2020, despite his concerns about the four felony indictments and other civil cases facing Trump.
For sure Im going to vote for Trump, Swanson said in an interview. In a sense I was kind of a closet Trump fan all along, but I really wanted to see if somebody else would emerge to get away from some of the drama.
John Wynstra, a database administrator who attended that same event, had been deciding between Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis before choosing to caucus for her. Wynstra said hes strategically supporting Trump and the partys platform as a stance primarily against Biden although he seemingly left the door open to possibly supporting a third-party candidate like Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
I will vote against Joe Biden and the Democrats, Wynstra said this week. If Kennedy were viable and if his positions were palatable, I would consider him.
In Haleys home state of South Carolina, high school teacher Michael Burgess said that save an unlikely independent run by Haley or a moderate like former Rep. Liz Cheney, he would be supporting Biden and criticized Trumps Make America Great Again movement.
I will reluctantly vote Biden, Burgess said. We can survive bad policy, but we cannot survive the destruction of the Constitution at the hands of a morally bankrupt dictator lover in Trump who, supported by his congressional MAGA minions, would do just that.

Biden has launched a campaign to target these voters as of now Trump has not tried to appeal to them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkgD7PoW43g

I mean, we know where a majority of them are going to go...

Heineken14 posted...

I mean, we know where a majority of them are going to go...

This never trust a republican

Stay home. Vote RFK.

They could just stay home instead of influencing either candidate

They'll vote for Trump because if they had actual principles they wouldn't be Republicans.

ScazarMeltex posted...

They'll vote for Trump because if they had actual principles they wouldn't be Republicans.

This so much. Don't trust a sack of shit to do the right thing.

Something like 60% of Haley voters claimed they wouldn't vote Trump. We all know they're lying, because they're Republicans, but even if 10-20% of her voters don't vote Trump, there's simply no way he can win.