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Scoop: Trump pollster predicts "smackdown" of Haley in South Carolina
Axios ^ | 1/19/24 | Alex Thompson

Posted on 01/20/2024 6:00:08 AM PST by Redmen4ever

Donald Trump's longtime pollster told donors and select supporters Friday that the former president "is set to deliver a South Carolina smackdown to Nikki Haley in her home state where she is best known," according to a private polling memo obtained by Axios.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: deloser; desantis; haley; scprimary; southcarolina; trump
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Fabrizio, Lee & Assoc., Jan. 17-18, N=600, Trump 64, Haley 25, DeSantis 8; and Trump 68, Haley 28 without DeSantis

Supposing Trump does as expected in New Hampshire on Tuesday, things go from bad to worse for Haley in South Carolina (her home state).

Notice that DeSantis fall in the polls so far, and his possible withdrawal from the race going forward, has not and won't help Haley. DeSantis appeal is to conservatives, while Haley's appeal is to moderates and never-Trump'ers. As DeSantis' prospects dimmed, his supporters drifted to Trump in at least similar numbers as they drifted to Haley. So, Haley is boxed in. There is no realistic scenario for her.

In the unlikely event that Trump exits the race, I believe his supporters would turn to somebody new (although a proven commodity), like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott or former Sec. of State Mike Pompeo. Large numbers of Americans, certainly a majority within the Republican Party, have had it up to here with the lying and cheating of the Democrats and their cohorts in the media and elsewhere.

This is Trump's revenge tour; and, to quote Conan the Barbarian, what is best in life is "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

1 posted on 01/20/2024 6:00:08 AM PST by Redmen4ever
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To: Redmen4ever

I agree with your analysis.


2 posted on 01/20/2024 6:07:04 AM PST by Fai Mao (Starve the Beast and steal its food.)
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To: Redmen4ever

SMACKDOWN? That is a HORRIBLE WORD! No goid REASON to use it.


3 posted on 01/20/2024 6:12:39 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Redmen4ever

If Haley doesn’t win her state, people will notice. It’ll be like Al Gore not winning Tennessee back in the day.


4 posted on 01/20/2024 6:12:58 AM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Redmen4ever

Not Pompeo. He’s career CIA.


5 posted on 01/20/2024 6:18:18 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: Redmen4ever
(smackdown)


6 posted on 01/20/2024 6:19:33 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, y bought, they sold ......)
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To: Redmen4ever
...Nikki Haley in her home state where she is best known...

That's probably the biggest reason she'll lose.

7 posted on 01/20/2024 6:32:09 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: Redmen4ever

SC...this is the same state that keep re-electing Graham?


8 posted on 01/20/2024 6:35:37 AM PST by Leep (I've got a virus twice in one month. Should i lock myself down for 2 yrs. Just to be safe?)
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To: Redmen4ever

wondering if and how much Daily Mail dredging up stories abot her past affairs will affect NH primary. i assume S Carolinians remember all that from past elections.


9 posted on 01/20/2024 6:39:17 AM PST by avital2 ("n)
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To: Redmen4ever

Especially since she’s an anchor baby and not even eligible. 🙄


10 posted on 01/20/2024 6:47:59 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: SaveFerris

Nikita—secret agent of the Deep State.


11 posted on 01/20/2024 6:52:39 AM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Redmen4ever

IF the GOPe nominates Nimrata Nikki Randhawa, it will prove beyond any reasonable doubt that the GOPe arm of the UniParty wants to deliberately lose to FJB and his merry band of queer flying monkeys.
This beotch will NEVER carry the south. She’s greatly despised in the south.
The RAT arm of the Uniparty knows this full well, and that’s why they’re supporting and pushing her onto the GOPe as hard as they can.
Other than Trump and a handful of others, they ALL pretty much suck.


12 posted on 01/20/2024 7:04:50 AM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created..." )
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To: cgbg

She’s Barky in a skirt


13 posted on 01/20/2024 7:07:10 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, y bought, they sold ......)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Exactly


14 posted on 01/20/2024 7:28:54 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, y bought, they sold ......)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Nikki Haley’s home state is Poonjab, not South Carolina


15 posted on 01/20/2024 7:40:56 AM PST by nwrep
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To: FamiliarFace

She ruined her career when she removed the Confederate monument from the statehouse lawn.


16 posted on 01/20/2024 7:55:52 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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To: Redmen4ever

In the unlikely event that Trump exits the race, his supporters will flock to DeSantis.


17 posted on 01/20/2024 7:57:20 AM PST by Savage Beast (Contempt for Truth is the evil most fundamental to the Decadence of Western Civilization.)
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To: Redmen4ever

Could there be another large democrat crossover in South Carolina to screw up the republican results?


18 posted on 01/20/2024 8:51:29 AM PST by Iron Munro (AMERICA - LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT !!!)
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To: Redmen4ever

I was told years ago that Haley was not well thought of by the people in her state. They say she’s an “idiot”. I believe them.


19 posted on 01/20/2024 11:15:26 AM PST by PrairieLady2 (USA: Land of the free, Because of the Brave.)
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To: Jimmy Valentine; All

Yup. We were living in NC when that happened. It pissed off a LOT of native southerners. This stupid bitch has no self awareness. Just look at her presence in her town hall gatherings. She acts like a child. Prancing around in circles.


20 posted on 01/20/2024 12:01:37 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore)
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