Trump crushes Nikki Haley by 2-1 margin in new poll of South Carolina

Former President Donald Trump is crushing Nikki Haley by a more than 2-to-1 margin in new internal poll of the next major Republican primary state of South Carolina.

Trump leads his sole remaining primary rival by 66%-31% in her home state, according to the poll that was bankrolled by a pro-Trump political action committee and first reported by The Messenger.

Tony Fabrizio, a respected Republican pollster, said the results suggest Haley — a diplomat who also served as governor of South Carolina — will have a very uphill struggle to win her home state, the next big fight on the GOP primary calendar.

“Nikki Haley … is unable to articulate a path to victory in South Carolina — or any other state for that matter,” Fabrizio wrote in a memo summarizing the results for the MAGA Inc. Super PAC.

The poll shows that Haley is viewed mostly favorably by Republican voters and about two-thirds approve of her performance as the state’s governor.