Donald Trump is trailing Nikki Haley in the South Carolina Republican primary despite a slew of negative ads attacking his rival in recent days, according to an internal poll conducted by a super PAC supporting the former president. continues to maintain an overwhelming lead over Mr.
According to a poll released by Fabrizio, 77-year-old President Trump leads Nikki Haley by more than 2-1 in the Palmetto State, where Haley, 52, is a hopeful for the White House. He was born and raised there, and served as governor for six years. , Lee and Associates on Tuesday.
“Nikki Haley and her allies in the Washington, D.C., establishment are spending millions to salvage a failed campaign that has failed to clear a path to victory in South Carolina or any other state. in a memo released at the same time by the pollster, whose findings read:
“The poll results, which are statistically unchanged from the previous survey, indicate that this initiative is having no impact.”
A poll of 600 South Carolina voters conducted between January 28 and January 29 found Trump leading Haley by a 35-point margin, 66% to 31%. did.
A majority of Trump supporters (59%) said they would “definitely” vote for the former president in South Carolina’s primary, while only 24% of Haley supporters said the same.
Trump also holds a double-digit lead among voters who think Haley did a good job as governor of South Carolina.
“Of the 69% who approve of her job as governor, Trump still wins by a wide margin, 56% to 40%,” the pollster found.
Attack ads against President Trump in South Carolina also did little to help Ms. Haley gain support.
Of the 59% of South Carolinians who have seen negative ads targeting the former president, Trump leads with 64% and Haley with 33%.
Former Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) recent petitions Polls show Haley remaining in the race at least through Super Tuesday backfired on the former South Carolina governor as well.
Only 17% of those surveyed had a favorable opinion of Cheney, while 58% had an unfavorable opinion of the former congressman.
The results showed that Trump’s approval rating was a solid 66%, but when voters were presented with information about Cheney’s support for the former governor, Haley’s approval rating fell to 29%.
“Despite positive approval of Ms. Haley’s work and millions of attack ads against President Trump, South Carolina Republican primary voters balked at Ms. Haley’s feeble attempts to change their minds. is not perturbed,” the memo concludes. “South Carolina remains President Trump country.”
South Carolina’s Republican primary election will be held on February 24th.
