Despite her hopes to win the New Hampshire primary, Nikki Haley has found herself in Donald Trump’s shadow once again.
It’s speculated that many of Haley’s supporters are who Dave Rubin calls “crossover people,” or voters who typically consider themselves liberals but are now voting Republican because of various issues they’re seeing among the Democratic Party — perhaps most notably the likelihood that Joe Biden will be the party’s nominee.
Unsurprisingly, many longtime conservatives have accused Nikki Haley of being a RINO, which likely explains her popularity among those crossover voters.
Political analyst David Chalian has confirmed that this likely is true by looking at the data from the New Hampshire primary.
“In these exit poll results, you see a Mars and Venus universe for Haley and Trump coalitions,” Chalian told CNN’s Jake Tapper.
“Among Trump voters, 70% of them, according to our exit polls, are registered Republicans,” while “27% of his voters are registered undeclared or independents.”
In stark contrast, “among Haley voters, 70% are registered undeclared,” and “only 27% are registered Republicans.”
“It’s a complete reversal!” exclaims Chalian.
However, the data gets even more interesting.
“We also see this when asking people, ‘Did Joe Biden legitimately win the 2020 election?’... Among Trump voters, 80% say no,” compared to the “83% of Haley voters” who claim “Joe Biden was the legitimate winner in 2020.”
“It's just worth noting who those crossover people went to,” says Dave, “and you can either then say, ‘Okay, that means that they're not really Republicans and they'll never vote for a Republican,’ or you could say, ‘Oh, these are people who could potentially vote for a Republican like Nikki; they just will not vote for Trump.”’
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