Trump Owns 45-Point Lead Over Haley In South Carolina

Even as Nikki Haley doubles down in desperation to find her footing in South Carolina, poll after poll shows former President Donald Trump with an overwhelming advantage over the native daughter.

A recent FAU/Mainstreet Research survey revealed that the 45th president enjoyed a staggering 45-point lead over his lone remaining challenger. Republican voters chose Trump 67% of the time to 22% naming Haley as their preferred candidate.

Only 7% are undecided and another 3% backed a different candidate.

The survey conducted the first week of February involved 679 adults in the Palmetto State. It further confirmed the results of the latest CBS News polling that showed the former president enjoyed a 65%-30% lead over Haley.

Perhaps the former governor should ponder those results for a moment. She is down either 45 percentage points or 35 percentage points in her home state to the former president.

That is not something that a whirlwind bus tour is going to change in two weeks.

But Haley does not appear close to accepting reality. In recent days she stepped up her attacks on the GOP frontrunner, blaming Trump for among other things the party losing a hotly contested New York City special election.

The candidate’s national spokesperson, Olvia Perez-Cubas, proclaimed, “Let’s just say the quiet part out loud. Donald Trump continues to be a huge weight against Republican candidates.”

She claimed that despite the clear shortcomings of Joe Biden, the GOP loss in New York City was directly attributable to Trump.

Former Democratic Rep. Tom Souzzi won over Republican Mazi Pilip. The special election was a race to fill the seat vacated when former Rep. George Santos was expelled from the House for a myriad of shortcomings in December.

Despite assertions from the Haley camp, Trump has all the momentum as the South Carolina GOP primary draws closer. He took impressive victories in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and the U.S. Virgin Islands leading up to the Feb. 24 event.

The former president is spending significant time in South Carolina this week rallying supporters and preparing for what is likely yet another convincing victory.