Nikki Haley: The Campaign for a Responsible and Efficient President in South Carolina, and what she’s worried about when she becomes the next president

A lot of Haley’s time and resources are in South Carolina. Her campaign raised millions last month – and has received influxes of cash from a billionaire donor, in particular.

Even though there is majority support in the party for Trump, there is still a wealthy and significant segment of the right who are willing to spend to keep her in.

She has a lot of concerns about Trump returning to the presidency. I have more doubts about Joe Biden being president. I mean, you look at both of these men and all they have done is given us chaos, all they have given us is division.”

Haley has done best among voters who are moderate and republicans open to an alternative to Trump. In New Hampshire, which has a large share of independent voters, Haley got 43% of the vote. Trump won the primary, though, with 54% of the vote.

“We know that the math is challenging,” said campaign manager Betsy Ankney on a call with reporters, “but this has never just been about who can win a Republican primary. The battle this November is about which party can win and which party can get our country back on track.

She’s also expected to lose her home state of South Carolina in Saturday’s GOP primary. Donald Trump has a strong lead in the polls.

Super Tuesday is the busiest primary day of the year, with voters in 15 states and one territory going to the polls to cast their preferences for a nominee. The demographic makeup of those states doesn’t line up with Haley’s favor, and is an expensive endeavor to try and win over voters.

Acknowledging the race is an uphill climb, Nikki Haley’s campaign Friday said it will be launching a “seven-figure” national cable and digital ad buy that will take it through at least Super Tuesday.

“I would say that Nikki Haley is highly respected, first and foremost, but I do think people see a president differently than they see a governor or a member of a cabinet,” he said. “She has run a very good textbook campaign. But the reality is that Trump has been the de facto incumbent of the party, and there’s hardly anything anyone can do about it.”

South Carolina is Winner Take All: Ongoing Political Campaigning During the Early Voting Season and a Promise to Stay Away Until Super Tuesday

Fifty delegates are up for grabs in today’s election in South Carolina — and all of them will be awarded to the winner. Some states divvy up delegates according to a candidate’s vote share. South Carolina’s system is winner take all.

In 2016, more than 750,000 voters – a state GOP record – participated in South Carolina’s Republican primary, according to state figures. During the early voting period in the primary, voters cast 205,000 ballots.

She also pledged that she would continue campaigning until “the last person votes.” She later told NPR she would stay in though at least Super Tuesday, which is on March 5.

Haley will continue her campaign on Sunday even as South Carolina votes on Saturday. “I’m not going anywhere.”

“I haven’t actually sat down and thought about what comes after that,” Haley said. The goal was to get as many of the states to vote as possible because we want people’s voices to be heard.

However, in South Carolina, voters are significantly more conservative, which presents significant hurdles for Haley. That’s even though she was elected twice as governor of the state about a decade ago.