A poll on Monday found former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley losing to President Joe Biden in the red state of Texas, but indicated former President Donald Trump would win easily.
Haley is down nine points in a head-to-head matchup against the president, with 21% of registered voters in Texas saying they would support “someone else” and 8% saying they “haven't thought enough about it to have a opinion”, seconds to a survey by the University of Texas/Texas Policy Project. The same poll found Trump leading Biden by seven points in the red state, which he won in both 2016 i 2020.
In a head-to-head matchup between the current and former president, only 7% said they would support “someone else,” and 4% said they “haven't thought about it enough to have an opinion.” found the survey.
The former president's lead grew to nine points when third-party candidates were on the ballot, the poll found. Independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. he received 6% support in the five-way showdown, followed by the “Justice For All” party candidate. Cornel West at 3% and Green Party candidate Jill Stein at 2%.
The University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll polled 1,200 self-identified registered voters in Texas between Feb. 2 and 12 with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.83 percent.
According to the poll, Trump led Haley 80 percent to 9 percent among likely Republican primary voters in Texas, with several other candidates including those who have suspended their campaigns. Texas GOP primary will take place on Super Tuesday, which is March 5 when more than a dozen states will hold their respective nominating contests.
A morning consultation poll published on February 7 found Trump winning the former ambassador by large margins in key Super Tuesday states such as Texas, California, North Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Oklahoma. The former president had advantages ranging from 41 to 77 points against Haley.
Trump has already grown up victories in the nominating contests for Iowa, New Hampshire, the US Virgin Islands and Nevada. Haley Lost to “None of These Candidates” in Nevada's Feb. 7 primary and is down more than 30 points in RealClearPolitics (RCP) average against Trump for his home state primary in South Carolina on Saturday.
The former president is currently leading Biden by 1.1 points for a head-to-head matchup in the CPR average compared to the the former ambassador 3.6 points. Trump has already done it milkshake Biden in more than 100 polls this cycle, while Haley has led in 18.
Trump continues to lead Biden in the polls as voters overwhelmingly express their displeasure with the president's handling of immigration and the economy.
The Haley, Trump and Biden campaigns did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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