With double digits, Nikki Haley makes the final request for votes in her home state

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina – Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is making her final plea to voters in her home state just days before they head to the polls.

Former President Donald Trump keep on to lead Haley by double digits in her home state, where she has the support of nearly every major Republican in South Carolina. Despite her difficult odds, Haley reminded South Carolinians of her record as governor during a campaign rally in Myrtle Beach on Thursday and asked for their vote one more time ahead of Saturday's primary.

“I look at this crowd and think about what we did together,” Haley told the audience. “When I came in as governor, those times were tough. We had 11 percent unemployment. We have thousands of people on welfare, and South Carolina was the laughing stock. And what have we done? We we got together, got together and got to work.”

Haley touted several accomplishments of her time as state executive, including creating manufacturing jobs in South Carolina, reducing unemployment, cutting taxes, implementing I.D. of voters and the passing of laws to crack down on illegal immigration. The former governor was very apt chosen twice in the red state, but stepped down in 2017 when Trump named her UN ambassador.

The former governor also stepped up her attacks on Trump during his speech on national security policy, adding trillions to the national debt, undermining border security negotiations in Congress, his ability to win general elections, his legal challenges and far more. Haley encouraged voters to support the former president on Saturday because of what she sees as “chaos” surrounding Trump.

“We don't anoint kings in America, we have elections. South Carolinians deserve the right to vote, just like any other state,” Haley said.

Haley was third in the Iowa caucus on Jan. 15 and placed second only to Trump in the New Hampshire primary the following week. The former governor did not compete for delegates in Nevada caucus and instead Lost to the “None of these candidates” option on February 6.

The RealClearPolitics average for a 2024 South Carolina primary, based on polls conducted between February 13 and 18, shows Trump leading the former governor by 25 points. Haley has received pressure withdraw from the race as Trump's dominance in the primaries becomes more prominent, but on Tuesday he vowed to stay even if he loses his home state.

“I need you to get everyone you know to vote on Saturday,” Haley told her supporters. “I need you to get a yard sign and if you can't put a yard sign in the yard, put it on the back of your car. And I need you to make sure you let your voices be heard. Tell the your friends, tell everyone your family email, check them all. This is the time for South Carolina to step up and show the direction we want our country to go. I believe in you, always I've trusted you, I've always known that South Carolina really is the best state in the world. country.”

South Carolina does not to register their constituents by party affiliation, allowing registered voters to participate in any primary of their choice. The state's Democratic primary took place on February 3, in which President Joe Biden he won overwhelmingly

Shari Donovan, a recently retired insurance worker who lives in Surfside Beach, approved of the job Haley did as governor, telling the DCNF that she liked how the Republican “wasn't part of the 'good old fashioned' network '”. Haley's supporter said she is a Republican but strongly against Trump.

“We're anti-Trump fans, absolutely 150,000% against it — I'm not going to be sexually assaulted, a convicted fraudster as a candidate I'm going to vote for, that's for sure,” Donovan said, including her husband, Mike's. , feeling “I would vote for Mickey Mouse before I would vote for Donald Trump.”

Donovan told the DCNF that if Haley had not run in the GOP primary, he would have voted for Biden two weeks ago. The Haley supporter vowed to support Biden if Trump is the Republican nominee.

Glenn Graber, a retired Myrtle Beach resident, told the DCNF that he voted for Haley early but doesn't expect her to win on Saturday.

“I voted for it [Trump] twice, I won't vote for him again. Not after what I've seen there with the insurgency, not after the way he talks about veterans and women — the man is sick, frankly,” Graber said. “It's a shame we don't have a better option in this country.” .

The retiree waits at the Supreme Court bars the former president of the vote and gives Haley an opening, he told the DCNF. Garber hopes someone can address the division in the US, the war in Ukraine and the border crisis.

Mark Chandler of Myrtle Beach, who is a professor at Coastal Carolina University and a retired Department of Defense official, believes Haley has a “strong legacy” from both her time as governor and as a UN ambassador. The Republican voted for Haley early, but said he would likely support Trump if he is the nominee.

“I think Nikki [is] well balanced, and probably [has] best chance to go against Biden,” Chandler told the DCNF. “She's making some substantive comments about the issues. She's not just hitting the bullet points and sound bites. I think he's really coming up with what the voters need to hear and want to hear if they can get past the noise of the [others].”

Amy Dougherty, a 49-year-old nurse who lives in Myrtle Beach, told the DCNF that she was undecided who to support Saturday, but came to hear Haley speak.

“I'm tired of the usual,” Dougherty told the DCNF. “Instead of doing anything, it's just them pointing fingers and fighting, doing nothing.”

The nurse said she voted for Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020, but will support the former president if he's the nominee because it's the “lesser of two evils.”

Jeremy Bloom, a 46-year-old construction worker who is also undecided about a career, told the DCNF that his top concerns are border security and government spending and regulations. The Myrtle Beach resident supported Trump in the previous two elections, but “thinks it's time for a change in Washington.”

“I think [Haley’s] it has some good attributes, but it's kind of a stale message right now. It seems like a loop,” Bloom said. “It's kind of, how do we stop trying to go after Donald Trump and start talking about what he can do, what he's going to do. And that's how to look for that transformation in your campaign.”

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