Nikki Haley’s ‘Crushing’ Rasmussen Poll Has A Surprising Silver Lining

Only a week into her presidential campaign, former South Carolina Governor and Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley has suffered a “crushing” poll result against former President Donald Trump and Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL).

The Washington Examiner citing a new poll from Rasmussen, reported “Trump crushing Nikki Haley.” The results for Haley were indeed dire. In the Rasmussen survey, the first since Haley announced her candidacy, Trump holds support from 52% of Republicans. He was followed in a nearly insurmountable 28-point margin by DeSantis at 24% and then Haley at a devastating 15%.


However, as noted by the Examiner, the results for Haley yielded unexpected fruit. Which, while potentially beneficial to a general election, could utterly rule out a primary win for the former Trump ambassador.

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The poll demonstrated that Haley has unusually high appeal for ‘moderate’ Democrats. In a potential lineup against President Joe Biden, Haley is seen as a reasonable alternative by a sufficient faction of Democrats to edge out a projected 4-point victory over the 80-year-old.

The Examiner writes,

“The survey helped to show that Haley has pockets of support in liberal and moderate circles that neither Trump nor DeSantis can tap. For example, 41% of Democrats have a favorable impression of Haley, just a few points below those who don’t.”

In a head-to-head, the poll shows that Haley can pull over up to 18% of the Democrat vote. Rasmussen reports told the Examiner that Haley is attractive to several influential voting groups.

The analysis shared with the outlet said, “Fifty-six percent (56%) of whites, 47% of black voters and 58% of other minorities have at least a somewhat favorable impression of Haley. In a 2024 presidential contest against Biden, Haley would win whites by a plurality, 48% to 41%, and also win with other minorities 44% to 37%, while black voters prefer Biden, 50% to 33%.”

While her odds of becoming the GOP nominee for president may be minimal at best, Haley may still have a part to play in the ultimate result of the 2024 presidential election.

As Libertas noted in a post to Truth Social, “Nikki Haley is the Kamala Harris of conservatism. Nobody likes her.”

Where Harris was ostensibly tapped to bring the women and black voters into the fold for Joe Biden, Haley could potentially serve the purpose of bringing in moderates to a Trump or DeSantis ticket, making the far more conservative candidates more palatable, and then fading into the background for four to eight years.

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