It probably won't be so exciting in the South Carolina primary tomorrow. Former President Donald Trump leads Nikki Haley by about thirty percentage points. But Haley certainly wants to position herself as a potential alternative, should Trump continue to be damaged, says reporter Jan Postma.
Haley presents herself as a potential alternative to Trump
Since the beginning of this year, not much has changed in Donald Trump's huge lead over Nikki Haley, the only challenger still in the primary. This also applies to South Carolina, where the Republican primary will be held tomorrow.
American correspondent Postma says: “Trump leads Haley by about thirty points.” These polls may be a little wrong, but the trend is clear. This is painful for Haley, Postma says, “because she's from South Carolina and was governor there.” “It's also very popular there.” “But she has one problem: she’s not Trump.”
The Republican Party wants to end the race as quickly as possible
The reporter said that the Republican Party wants this race to end as quickly as possible. “This party is really fully supportive of Trump. It wants to complete this as quickly as possible so that it can start campaigning against incumbent President Joe Biden, Trump's potential opponent. All of this is actually slowing things down and only costs money.”
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On the other hand, Haley believes that only such a small percentage voted that continuing the primaries for a period of time is only democratic. Although Postma wonders what she thinks she can get out of it. He added: “She may want to position herself as emphatically as possible as a potential alternative to Trump, in the event that he is harmed, for example, by one of those lawsuits.” Then she can still jump into that hole. Although I think so Wise thinking He is.'
