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As the presidential election tightens, with Republican candidates such as Ron DeSantis and Chris Christie dropping out of the race – more eyes are on Nikki Haley as she begins to battle Donald Trump for the Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential election.
Who is Nikki Haley, how did she get started in politics, what are her policies, and why has she chosen to run for the 2024 presidential election?
Nikki Haley is an American politician known for being the only female Republican running in the 2024 presidential election. Haley was born on January 20, 1972, in Bamberg, South Carolina, USA – where she served as governor for her home state from 2011 to 2017.
However, besides having served as governor of South Carolina – Haley has held numerous political and diplomatic positions over the course of her career.
As she runs in the 2024 presidential elections, most recognise Haley for her willingness to oppose the male Republican candidates running opposite her and for her more lenient Republican views – such as a less strict view on abortion and believing in more access to contraception.
👉 In addition to her role as governor, Nikki Haley has served as an Ambassador for the United Nations – marking another career highlight that is often overlooked.
Nikki Haley grew up in Bamberg, South Carolina – after having been born to Indian immigrants, making her a first generation American. Her father worked as a professor at Voorhees College while her mother ran an independent clothing business, where Haley worked part time as a bookkeeper from the age of 13 until she went to Clemson University to study for a degree in accounting and finance.
👉 Haley received her Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and finance from Clemson University in South Carolina in 1994.
After graduating from Clemson University in 1994, Haley continued to run her family’s business. Haley then married Micheal Haley in 1996 – with whom the couple share two daughters.
Nikki Haley’s husband served in the National Guard and was sent to Afghanistan during the war, and in the meantime – Nikki secured a seat in the House of Representatives in 2004. This is where she began to advocate for many of her trademark issues in line with Republican values such as cutting taxes, vouching for greater control over immigration, and implementing restrictions on abortion.
Haley continues to advocate for many of these same values today, demonstrating how this first whole significantly helped to shape her career.
Haley was reelected in 2008, and proceeded to run as governor of South Carolina in 2010 – and was reelected in 2014.
💡 Did you know that Nikki Haley was the first female to serve as governor for South Carolina?
Here is a timeline of Nikki Haley’s Career & Education Highlights:
👉 In light of the recent Boeing 737 MAX 9 groundings following an Alaskan Airlines flight where a door plugged fell off during take off – it has been revealed that Haley was partly responsible for destroying the proposal to encourage Boeing to demonstrate greater transparency on their spending in order to help persuade more safety regulations.
Nikki Haley not only made her mark by serving as the first woman governor of South Carolina and the second Indian American governor in the United States, but for many efforts to support stricter immigration laws and seeking to boost the economy through the creation of new jobs.
During her time in office as governor in the 2010s, Haley made sure to work on some of her most important issues – such as immigration and adjusting taxes for the sake of the economy.
Here are some of Nikki Haley’s most well-known accomplishments while she served as governor of South Carolina:
👉 Many of Haley’s “moderate” Republican policies, as depicted during her time as governor of South Carolina are being demonstrated once more in her campaign for presidency for the 2024 race.
As Nikki Haley remains as the last Republican opponent against Trump for the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election, many of us will want to get familiar with her main values – which include strict rules against immigration, action against abortion, mitigating the expansion of medicaid, and
👉 Many of Haley’s “moderate” Republican policies, as depicted during her time as governor of South Carolina are being demonstrated once more in her campaign for presidency for the 2024 race.
Nikki Haley, in a similar fashion to her other Republican opponents – doesn't think much of climate change.
However, unlike her main opponent left in the race, which is Trump – Haley admits that climate change is real and that it is happening. Still, she doesn't feel a responsibility for the U.S. to play its part in reducing global emissions.
While Nikki Haley is supportive of some carbon reduction strategies such as the use of carbon capture and storage, she has made clear that she isn't interested in creating or even participating in efforts to directly reduce emissions. For example, Haley has shared her disbelief in the effectiveness of the Paris Agreement – a global effort to reduce emissions. Instead, she has made it known that she is interested investing in fossil fuels and future pipeline projects.
In addition to this, she has called India the worst of polluters – and has called upon China and India to take control of the climate change situation.
👉 Ironically, the U.S. is the second largest emitting country in the world – which means a major part of emissions reduction decisions should be in the hands of the president of the United States.
If elected president, Nikki Haley would buckle down on issues most important to her such as implementing more intense laws to prevent illegal immigration.
Haley has made clear her agency to tackle issues she feels that Trump is either opposed to or issues that her other previous opponents would not have addressed if elected.
Some things Haley would do if elected president include:
👉 It is important to note that throughout much of Haley’s bid for presidency, much of her claims have not been backed up by what she would do – but rather by what her candidates or current president Joe Biden haven’t done. This means that much of Haley’s actual plans as president remain a mystery, but we can predict her future actions as president based on the policies she advocates for.
Despite Nikki Haley’s extensive efforts to keep her campaign for the presidential election in 2024 up and running – it is more than likely that Trump will end up winning the Republican nomination for the 2024 election.
One of the major reasons for this is because out of the almost 14 Republican candidates attempting to win the Republican nominee for 2024 – almost all of those who dropped out of the race, or even before closing their campaigns, stated their support for Trump’s presidency.
Haley has not shared the same sentiment, and in fact – has expressed her desire to out-win Trump no matter the odds.
However, as of January 2024 – Trump holds a significant lead over Haley, especially following the Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire polls, which revealed the majority of voters preferred DeSantis with Trump as their second choice and only a third preferring Haley as the Republican nominee.
Still, what remains most admirable about Nikki Haley is her refusal to withdraw her campaign for presidency – having recently shared in a January 2024 video that she is in it for the long-haul and doesn’t view succumbing to the role as Trump’s Vice President as an option.
Ultimately, it’s going to be an uphill battle for Nikki Haley to beat Trump for the Republican nomination – but one thing is for sure: she’s no quitter.
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