Following former Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump ahead of next year’s U.S. presidential election, former U.N. Ambassador Nicky Haley is also ahead in a virtual confrontation with Democrat President Joe Biden, polls. On the 5th (local time), a poll conducted by Messenger and Harris of 2018 registered voters from 27th to the 1st of last month found that in a virtual showdown between President Biden and former Ambassador Haley, President Biden was 4 percentage points (p) behind former Ambassador Haley (41%) with a 37% approval rating. That’s how former Ambassador Haley, who is on the rise in the recent Republican presidential race, has shown a competitive edge in the presidential election. Even when President Biden and former President Trump faced each other, former President Trump prevailed, with 40% and 47%, respectively. However, in a virtual showdown between President Biden and former Florida Governor Ron Disantis, President Biden was ahead of Governor Disantis (40%) with a 41% approval rating. Former President Trump had a clear advantage in the Republican presidential race. In the one-to-one virtual showdown between former President Trump and former Ambassador Haley, former President Trump overwhelmed former Ambassador Haley (19%) with 76% approval ratings, and the 1:1 virtual confrontation between former President Trump and Governor Desantis also showed a large gap with 73% and 21% approval ratings, respectively. President Biden’s approval rating for the presidency stood at 38%.
Meanwhile, just a month before the Iowa caucus, the first Republican presidential race, Gov. Desantis and former Ambassador Haley continue their fierce second place fight. In a poll of 3200 registered voters conducted by U.S. broadcaster News Nation on 26-27 last month, Governor Desantis and former Ambassador Haley recorded 10.8% and 10.1%, respectively. Former President Trump confirmed the trend with a 60% approval rating. Harris and Messenger’s last month’s survey found that 33% of respondents said it was Governor Desantis, while former Ambassador Haley said only 13%. For the first-place preferred candidate, former President Trump was 68%, far ahead of Governor Disantis (8%) and former Ambassador Haley (7%).
Jennifer Kim
US ASIA JOURNAL
