Just under half of likely Iowa GOP caucusgoers who support former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley indicated that they would make a crossover to the Democratic party, saying that they would rather vote …

Just under half of likely Iowa GOP caucusgoers who support former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley indicated that they would make a crossover to the Democratic party, saying that they would rather vote for President Biden over former President Trump.

A new NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll released just one day before the Iowa caucuses found that 43 percent of Haley backers in the state said they would vote for Biden if Trump is the GOP nominee, while 23 percent say they would vote for the former president. Eight percent said they would vote for independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Overall, 71 percent of likely GOP caucusgoers said they would vote for Trump in 2024, while only 11 percent said they would vote for Biden.

“Haley is consolidating the anti-Trump vote,” J. Ann Selzer, a pollster who has conducted the Iowa survey over the last three decades, told NBC. “She does well with the people who define themselves as anti-Trump.”

  • PatFusty
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    5 months ago

    If you were a Republican, who would you vote for then?

    • AquaTofana@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      That’s pretty impossible for me to answer because I prioritize the issues in a ranked way to narrow down my candidates, and none of the current Republican candidates are worthy of my vote at all.

      Above all else, my number one priority, before anything else, is women’s rights.

      I suppose if you’re putting a gun to my head, I would have said Chris Christie but he dropped out earlier this week.

      So if I were a Republican, I just wouldn’t vote. I’d sit this one out.

      • PatFusty
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        5 months ago

        You would vote for the jackal Chris Christie… Mr worst in class. Mr hurricane Sandy himself. Not even his own populace in New Jersey would vote for him. I think that’s a really odd choice

        • AquaTofana@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          I mean, again, my top priority is women’s rights. New Jersey has no limit on abortion.

          When Haley was Governor of South Carolina, abortion was banned after 20 weeks.

          I’m assuming you have different priorities. I just want people to know Haley’s endorsements from when she was actually serving, and not base all their thoughts on her debates right now.

          She’s coming off too moderate. She’s been really good at politicking. She’s not an idiot.