Some Democrats Plan to Vote for Haley in South Carolina Primary

Some Democrats plan to vote for Nikki Haley in an effort defeat President Trump’s nomination, but the effort is unlikely to be successful, leaders say.

Republican presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s supporters at a campaign event in Hilton Head Island, S.C., on Feb. 1, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

COLUMBIA, S.C.—Democratic leaders in the state are urging their party’s voters to turn out for their historic first-in-the-nation primary rather than waiting three weeks to cast their ballots for Nikki Haley in an effort to defeat Donald Trump in the Republican nominating contest.

“I hear that a lot, especially from white suburban women,” Valerie Moore, chair of the Richland County Democratic Party, told The Epoch Times. “It’s very hard to talk people out of that.”