Some Nikki Haley voters are hanging on to her candidacy and, like her, refuse to endorse Trump
The Peninsula
Harrisburg, Pa.:When Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign, she refused to endorse Donald Trump as the last remaining major candidate for th...
Harrisburg, Pa.: When Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign, she refused to endorse Donald Trump as the last remaining major candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination - and apparently so did some of her supporters in Pennsylvania.
Haley won almost 17% of Pennsylvania's primary vote Tuesday, or 1 in 6 votes, to Trump's 83%, despite not campaigning for president since she ended her bid in early March.
Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes up for grabs in the presidential election make it a premier battleground state. So should those Haley GOP voters refuse to support Trump in November, it could prove a damaging blow to his prospects for victory in the state and, possibly, reelection.
Haley's base was never big enough to seriously challenge Trump before he clinched a third straight Republican presidential nomination.
But with nearly all ballots counted in Pennsylvania's primary, the former U.N. ambassador and South Carolina governor tallied more than 156,000 votes, or about twice the 80,500-vote margin by which Democrat Joe Biden beat Trump in Pennsylvania in 2020.