# Nikki Haley announces US presidential run for 2024 (Not Trump please) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 17, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953 "2023-02-17T17:04:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 42
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/821 "2024-03-14T04:39:43Z")
LOL, I do already know Arizona is weird, but I hadn’t heard about this Preference election caper. That’s hilarious! I remember doing crossover voting in primaries clear back in the early 80s and have done it once or twice since then, although I confess that registering as a Republican, even if only temporarily, always made me take a shower afterward. (I was independent until I moved to Oregon. Since our primaries are closed, I finally registered as a Dem.) I’d love a Preference election, I think. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/822 "2024-03-14T09:50:32Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > This thread will remain open to discuss Haley’s impact on the race going forward, if she has one. She does. > **[Haley Shaved 77K Votes Off Trump’s Georgia Win Despite Dropping Out](https://www.thedailybeast.com/haley-shaved-77k-votes-off-trumps-georgia-primary-win-despite-dropping-out)** > > The haul is substantially more than the number of votes by which Trump lost the state in 2020. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/823 "2024-03-14T09:56:34Z")
Removed hijacky (but, frankly, brilliant) post. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/824 "2024-03-14T11:32:39Z")
I read an article saying 3 million Haley voters might not vote for Trump now that he has it. If that is true, this thing is over. Having said that, I don’t believe for one second that Trump is much behind Biden. Biden needs almost all of the 80 million he got last time. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/825 "2024-03-14T11:39:59Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > You would need Harris to voluntarily step down for X reason (health scare in the family, a job offer with better pay at CNN, etc.) > > If Biden is clear and free to pick someone new, he can do what’s the most useful for the country. If that happens, he should select Michele Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/826 "2024-03-14T17:32:18Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > If that happens, he should select Michele Obama. Absolutely. Michelle Obama on the ticket WOULD bring out voters who otherwise will stay home. In substantial and results-changing numbers. (She’ll never do it, though.) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/827 "2024-03-14T18:07:44Z")
[continuing sidetrack just this once, I promise] > [@Sherrerd](#): > > Michelle Obama on the ticket WOULD bring out voters who otherwise will stay home. In substantial and results-changing numbers. As Og is my witness, I’ve never understood the continued enthusiasm for this, especially knowing as you pointed out _ **she** _ doesn’t want it. Or maybe it’s because we _know_ that, so there will never be a disappointment? But that would be a subject for another thread. [/sidetrack I promise] ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/828 "2024-03-14T18:14:34Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > As Og is my witness, I’ve never understood the continued enthusiasm for this I wonder if part of the continued enthusiasm is, well, the continued enthusiasm; if I see that she polls well, and other candidates don’t poll nearly as well, that’s likely to impress me… ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/829 "2024-03-14T18:17:12Z")
Moderating: > [@Nikki Haley announces US presidential run for 2024 (Not Trump please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/817): > > Moderating: We don’t generally close threads unless they become problematic. However, as @flurb points out, it is getting off topic. Please take those discussions elsewhere. This thread will remain open to discuss Haley’s impact on the race going forward, if she has one. > [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > If that happens, he should select Michele Obama. > [@Sherrerd](#): > > Absolutely. Michelle Obama on the ticket WOULD bring out voters who otherwise will stay home. In substantial and results-changing numbers. > > (She’ll never do it, though.) You’ve both ignored a mod note in this thread. Please make sure to pay attention to them. > [@JRDelirious](#): > > [continuing sidetrack just this once, I promise] Naming a sidetrack makes it no less of a sidetrack. Please don’t do this. If you have a further comment to something being said in this thread, particularly if it has already been noted as a hijack, reply in a different thread and link back to this one. > [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I wonder if part of the continued enthusiasm is, well, the continued enthusiasm; if I see that she polls well, and other candidates don’t poll nearly as well, that’s likely to impress me… Stop now, please. Further hijacks to this thread will result in warnings. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/830 "2024-03-16T04:54:55Z")
I had to drive into Prescott Valley and saw a Nikki coal roller. I’m still laughing, Run Nikki, RUN!!! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/831 "2024-05-22T21:04:35Z")
She’s voting for Trump, hopes he reaches out to her supporters. > ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/832 "2024-05-22T21:17:44Z")
What a shock that a scumbag supports another scumbag. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/833 "2024-05-22T21:33:34Z")
How has Biden been a “catastrophe?” Policy differences are now catastrophic? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/834 "2024-05-22T21:40:45Z")
What a… ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/835 "2024-05-22T21:42:49Z")
I’m trying to think like one of my Republican relatives. Haley must be thinking of foreign policy, right? I’m hard-pressed to think of any major domestic problems that originated since 2021. I saw some crack-headed survey today that said respondents thought we’re in a recession but according to my math that complaint is bogus. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/836 "2024-05-22T21:42:50Z")
Well, Biden was kind of instrumental in blocking Putin from taking Ukraine and reinvigorating NATO. It’s time to officially change the Republicans from the GOP to the UIP (Useful Idiots Party). ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/837 "2024-05-22T22:51:57Z")
Haley has some knowledge but she would never get a word edgewise with Trump. It must be hard to for to talk with him at all. If I were her, I’d ditch him for someone more humble and less molting in slime - not that I could pick out a candidate. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/838 "2024-05-22T23:06:14Z")
> [@Eric1](#): > > I’m trying to think like one of my Republican relatives. Haley must be thinking of foreign policy, right? Maybe she is thinking Trump could appoint her Secretary of State, and that she could exercise some control over him in office. If so, I hope she is correct but think it a bit more likely he will insult her by offering a foreign ambassadorship. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/839 "2024-05-22T23:14:43Z")
I’m going to have to stop being surprised that Republicans are so spineless. This is a man who called her bird brain and mocked her for or husband’s absence while he was deployed and she’s still going to vote for him? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953/840 "2024-05-22T23:16:44Z")
They all fall in line because they think their voters believe the anti-Biden bullshit they’ve been fed for 4 years. And they’re probably right. If Biden was half as bad as they say, they’d have no choice. But, of course, he’s not. He’s doing a fine job. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024-not-trump-please/979953.md?page=43)