Just under half of likely Iowa GOP caucusgoers who support former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley indicated that they would make a crossover to the Democratic party, saying that they would rather vote …

Just under half of likely Iowa GOP caucusgoers who support former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley indicated that they would make a crossover to the Democratic party, saying that they would rather vote for President Biden over former President Trump.

A new NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll released just one day before the Iowa caucuses found that 43 percent of Haley backers in the state said they would vote for Biden if Trump is the GOP nominee, while 23 percent say they would vote for the former president. Eight percent said they would vote for independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Overall, 71 percent of likely GOP caucusgoers said they would vote for Trump in 2024, while only 11 percent said they would vote for Biden.

“Haley is consolidating the anti-Trump vote,” J. Ann Selzer, a pollster who has conducted the Iowa survey over the last three decades, told NBC. “She does well with the people who define themselves as anti-Trump.”

  • PatFusty@lemm.ee
    45·
    1 year ago

    I find Haleys positions pretty level headed compared to the MAGA type. If I were republican, I would probably do the same.

    • hansl@lemmy.world
      12·
      1 year ago

      She’s not MAGA, but her continued gaffe about slavery and the southern states just tell me she’s a hard right republican, bigotry and regressive ideals included. So I put her in the Mike Pence box; MAGA enabler and flirting with them, but won’t go off the cliff even if they hang her. So participation points I guess?

    • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Yes, but that’s exactly why you’re not a Republican. You have reasonable, measured opinions on things.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      52·
      1 year ago

      That’s a pretty thin line considering she just was in a situation where she wouldn’t admit the Civil War was about slavery.

      • frunch@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 year ago

        Let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater! Republicans still very much like their racism, they don’t want to be perceived as racists so readily.

    • AquaTofana@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Her voting history while she was serving in South Carolina says otherwise.

      People should really know the bills she endorsed on things like abortion, immigration, and LGBTQ+ rights.

      One of the shorter excerpts from her wiki:

      “Haley has stated that, as a daughter of immigrants, she believes the immigration laws should be enforced.[53] She voted in favor of a law that requires employers to be able to prove that newly hired employees are legal residents of the United States, and also requires all immigrants to carry documentation at all times proving that they are legally in the United States.”