– It is now up to Donald Trump to win the votes of those in our party who did not support him. I hope he does, Nikki Haley said as she wrapped up her campaign on Wednesday. She did not stand behind Trump as a presidential candidate, as most of the other contenders in the Republican nomination battle have done. Chanceless Haley didn’t stand a chance. She was never able to give Donald Trump a real fight, winning only two tiny and quirky states in the nomination battle: Washington DC, which has the fewest Republican voters in the entire United States. And little Vermont, the home state of socialist Bernie Sanders. For a long time she attracted a lot of money. It was supported by donors like John McCain in 2008 and George Bush in 1988. Haley had become the candidate of the traditional Republicans, but at the same time balanced on a difficult line at her election rallies: She promised a strong NATO and money for the war in Ukraine, while she was careful to criticize Trump for fear of scaring away his voters and ending up in the same situation as many party members who have lost positions in recent years. She emphasized time and time again that she is conservative enough and entered politics during the populist tea party uprising in the Party in 2010. MAGA: It is the Make America Great Again movement that is running against President Biden in November. Photo: Reuters But Nikki Haley’s brand of republicanism is down for the count. It is the Make America Great Again party that will run against Joe Biden in November. Biden relieved? The question is what Nikki Haley’s voters will do on Election Day, November 5. Do they hold their noses and vote for Trump? Are they sitting at home? Or do they switch sides? Joe Biden was quick to welcome them to his side when Haley resigned on Wednesday. He praised her for fighting Trump. But Biden is probably also relieved. Too many polls show that Joe Biden would have a hard time beating Haley if the two were to fight to lead the United States. CARPET FALL: Nikki Haley gave in, but still made history. No Republican woman has won two nomination elections before. Photo: AP She would have brought a generational change and an ideological shift to the Republican Party. Nor have the Democrats been able to achieve such a shift. Biden is the candidate despite the fact that a large majority in the party say they want someone else. And Super Tuesday showed that candidates on the Democrats’ left are struggling to catch up. Although it also showed strong displeasure with Biden’s handling of the war in the Middle East. How many will switch to Trump? New polls from renowned Quinnipiac show that half of those who supported Haley say they will vote for Trump, while 37 percent say they will vote for Biden. The number of voters who will not vote for any of them can decide the presidential election. Donald Trump and Joe Biden have been given a common challenge: Both must attract new voters if they are to manage to pull off victory. The election battle between two old men starting now has few Americans cheering. In survey after survey, voters say they want other candidates. ELDERLY GENTLEMEN: A great many voters are dissatisfied with the selection of presidential candidates this year. Trump is 77 years old. Biden is 81. Photo: AFP As for both Trump and Haley’s voters, a question is whether they would still support the former president even if he were to be convicted of a crime. An election day poll conducted by CNN in four states on Super Tuesday shows that 17 percent of those who voted for Haley say that Trump cannot become president if he is convicted of anything. In Haley’s home state of South Carolina, nearly a quarter of her voters said they would never vote for Trump when the nomination election was held there on February 24. But will they also think like this in November when he is the candidate and Joe Biden is the alternative? The situation may change as Trump tries to attract new voter groups, for example among ethnic minorities. Many young men I’ve talked to in recent weeks, even in liberal states like California, say they like Trump better than Biden because the former is tough and energetic and because the economy was better when he was in power. This is despite the fact that the American economy is doing so well now, and unemployment is at a record low. Joe Biden faces a formidable task in convincing these voters. His most important weapons will probably be money. And the abortion issue. Biden has a well-stocked campaign coffers and is planning large-scale campaigns against Trump. Trump, on the other hand, will probably have to sell property to pay the NOK 4.7 billion he has been fined in a fraud case in New York. While Biden arouses little enthusiasm and has less energy than Trump, Trump will most likely have to spend part of the next eight months in courtrooms, perhaps in as many as three different states. Abortion The issue of abortion is also very important to many American women. Nikki Haley understood that many of her constituents do not agree with the strict abortion bans that some Republican-controlled states have adopted after the Supreme Court ruling that removed the right to abortion for all American women in 2022. This issue has also given Democrats victories in several states since 2022. Can will it be the women who decide the presidential election in 2024? DON’T GIVE UP: – To all women and girls I want to say: Be strong and brave. That was the last thing Nikki Haley said in her farewell speech today. Photo: AFP Listen to the URIX podcast: What does Putin really want?
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