CHARLESTON, S.C. – Another day, another poll confirming that Republicans' best chance at victory in November starts with Nikki Haley at the top of the ticket.
The poll released today by conservative Fox News shows an 8-point victory for Haley over Joe Biden, 50 to 42. Donald Trump ekes out a statistical tie, beating Biden by just 2 points, 49 to 47. Trump also loses crucial Independent voters by 8 points.
"Same story, different day: Trump cannot beat Biden, and Biden cannot beat Haley," said Haley spokesperson AnnMarie Graham-Barnes. "It doesn't matter that Biden's approval rating is the lowest of any incumbent in the past two decades, Trump's division and chaos would cost Republicans the White House, and it will cost the country a chance to return to normal and focus on the issues that matter: fiscal discipline and peace through strength."
The new poll also shows that Joe Biden's approval rating is well below that of his predecessors in the twenty-first century, at 42 percent. Trump and Barack Obama had an approval rating of 45 percent heading into the election year, while George W. Bush earned 53 percent approval.
Nikki Haley, Haley Campaign Press Release - BREAKING POLL: Haley Wins Big AGAIN Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/370516