# Do you care how Nikki Haley does in the NH primary? If so, why? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 23, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-care-how-nikki-haley-does-in-the-nh-primary-if-so-why/996519 "2024-01-23T01:53:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-care-how-nikki-haley-does-in-the-nh-primary-if-so-why/996519/21 "2024-01-23T18:41:38Z")
Yeah, that whole removing the Confederate Battle Flag from the state flag may have pissed-off some people. Trump doesn’t make that sort of mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-care-how-nikki-haley-does-in-the-nh-primary-if-so-why/996519/22 "2024-01-23T18:47:08Z")
A pundit talked about in Iowa how important 50% was for Trump viz. do more than half vote **against** him and remember, Trump was right at 50%. What is important in NH is can Haley pick up the votes of the suspended campaigns or do they go to Mr. Trump? ETA: As of writing this Haley has 100% (all 6) of the counted votes. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-care-how-nikki-haley-does-in-the-nh-primary-if-so-why/996519/23 "2024-01-23T19:05:32Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Not that I want her to be president, but if it were between her and Trump, I’d take her any day. She’s the Republican version of Andrew Sullivan’s crack about Hilary Clinton: “wrong, but wrong within normal parameters.” This. So I’d really like to see her knock Trump out of contention. [She did so in Dixville Notch](https://www.npr.org/2024/01/23/1226252430/nikki-haley-dixville-notchs), though that may not mean much. Also this: > [@snowthx](#): > > I hope she has a strong showing at the least - it will signal there are a lot of conservatives who won’t vote for Trump in the general ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-care-how-nikki-haley-does-in-the-nh-primary-if-so-why/996519/24 "2024-01-24T03:52:37Z")
In the end it looks like Trump will win by 10 points. Probably enough to keep her going but I doubt it will be much of a race going forward. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-care-how-nikki-haley-does-in-the-nh-primary-if-so-why/996519/25 "2024-01-24T04:03:00Z")
I don’t think anyone seriously thought she’d win, but it is heartening that the gap is only about 10 points (as opposed to the 20 that was being reported yesterday). That’s a lot of Republican voters who did not vote for Trump. I hope she stays in a well, as it will give a better picture of how the GOP is feeling about Trump this time around. One can hope. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-care-how-nikki-haley-does-in-the-nh-primary-if-so-why/996519/26 "2024-01-24T06:05:24Z")
Yeah, at this point it is pretty much about expectations versus performance. There was no question that she would lose - but if she lost by a smaller margin than expected, that can give her momentum. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-care-how-nikki-haley-does-in-the-nh-primary-if-so-why/996519/27 "2024-01-24T06:10:56Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Wanna see his temper-tantrum. I saw it, even tho he won- but he didnt win BIG. 🙄 Part of it- in less than 10 minutes he lied, called the Gov of NH names, called the prez and Haley names, and bloviated about his BIG WIN- which wasnt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-care-how-nikki-haley-does-in-the-nh-primary-if-so-why/996519.md?page=1)