Jiang says Haley's strongest 2024 primary constituency was college-educated suburban women, making her strategically useful to Trump.
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Republican Primary
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...everyone by surprise uh if you go back to uh the republican primaries hillary clinton the clintons were going their way to root for..."
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Jiang argues that donors kept Haley visible in the Republican primary, including by helping her raise more money than Trump and remain a vote-getter after dropping out, to position her as Trump's vice president.
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"Guess who just loved her? Who voted for her in droves? Guess what demographic group? Anyone? Suburban woman, okay, do you understand? College educated..."
"She'll be the one in the White House pushing for war in Iran. Escalating tension in Iran, okay? So Nikki Haley, okay, what's also..."
"So she comes across as an extremely popular exception figure, okay? So this doesn't make sense, okay? So the conclusion is that given the..."
"...everyone by surprise uh if you go back to uh the republican primaries hillary clinton the clintons were going their way to root for..."
"...D.C. And she really presented herself as neocon candidate during the Republican primary. So and I felt that by picking Nikki Haley, then Trump..."
"...Nikki Haley is that Nikki Haley ran against Trump, in the Republican primary, okay? And even though she lost to Trump, there was a..."
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A dated May 2024 election model: Biden's 2020 coalition weakens, the suburbs become the hinge, and Trump can win by turning Nikki Haley from enemy into evidence that he has changed.
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