Why Haley focuses on long game, despite Trump's South Carolina lead

  • Bias Rating

    -50% Moderately Liberal

  • Reliability

    90% ReliableExcellent

  • Policy Leaning

    12% Somewhat Conservative

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Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

17% Positive

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  •   Conservative
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"I've never been so discouraged in a political season in my life, says Mr. Taylor."
Positive
44% Conservative
"Dropping out would be the easy route, the former ambassador to the United Nations said in a recent campaign speech, noting that another 21 states and territories will vote over the next 10 days."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Even after that, they say, the party may need a Plan B.I still think something is going to happen where Trump is not going to be able to run, says Greg Ayers, a financial adviser in Rock Hill, as he waits to hear Ms. Haley speak in a ballroom near his home."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Political rules hit the fan as soon as Donald Trump got into the race, says Dave Wilson, a South Carolina GOP strategist."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"Political rules hit the fan as soon as Donald Trump got into the race, says Dave Wilson, a South Carolina GOP strategist."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"I've never been so discouraged in a political season in my life, says Mr. Taylor."
Positive
24% Conservative
"What they do not say, however, is that they believe Ms. Haley can win."
Positive
26% Conservative
"Despite the growing likelihood of a third Trump GOP nomination, Mr. Taylor credits Ms. Haley's campaign with providing voters like him at least a glimmer of possibility - which, for now, is something."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Despite the growing likelihood of a third Trump GOP nomination, Mr. Taylor credits Ms. Haley's campaign with providing voters like him at least a glimmer of possibility - which, for now, is something."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Financially, Ms. Haley has more than enough resources to hang around for a while."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Speaking to several hundred voters in Irmo, Ms. Haley reminded them of Mr. Trump's record at the ballot box, saying, Everything he touches, he loses."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Speaking to several hundred voters in Irmo, Ms. Haley reminded them of Mr. Trump's record at the ballot box, saying, Everything he touches, he loses."
Positive
8% Conservative
"And in this highly unusual and unpredictable campaign season, some say Ms. Haley actually has good reasons to keep her candidacy going."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Her campaign brought in $9.8 million in contributions in January, $1 million more than Mr. Trump's (though her campaign cash on hand is still less than half of his)."
Positive
2% Conservative
"She's finally taking a stand on [Trump], and I hope it brings more undecideds to her, says Maria, a two-time Trump voter and part-time medical tech from Fort Mill, who declined to give her last name."
Positive
2% Conservative
"She's finally taking a stand on [Trump], and I hope it brings more undecideds to her, says Maria, a two-time Trump voter and part-time medical tech from Fort Mill, who declined to give her last name."
Positive
2% Conservative
"More realistically, strategists say, Ms. Haley is probably thinking about 2028."
Positive
0% Conservative
"They range from a controversial front-ruer whose legal woes present a potential threat to his campaign, to Ms. Haley's success in raising money, to a political environment in which many voters say they're hungry for candidates other than the two major-party front-ruers."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Others say they understand why Ms. Haley waited to attack the man so far ahead of her in the polls."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"If you're the backup quarterback and something happens, guess who the coach is going to put into the game?At a series of campaign stops for Nikki Haley ahead of Saturday's South Carolina primary, voters gush about the Republican presidential hopeful."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"I don't know that anyone thinks she's going to win the state, says Bev Dey, a campaign volunteer wearing various NIKKI stickers and pins, as she waits to see Ms. Haley speak in a park in Irmo."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"I don't know that anyone thinks she's going to win the state, says Bev Dey, a campaign volunteer wearing various NIKKI stickers and pins, as she waits to see Ms. Haley speak in a park in Irmo."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Given all the what ifs, many Haley supporters agree she'd be foolish to end her bid before a win became mathematically impossible."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Many of those donors are establishment Republicans and independent voters who dislike both Mr. Trump and President Joe Biden - an environment that some observers suggest could create an opening for a third-party run."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Many of those donors are establishment Republicans and independent voters who dislike both Mr. Trump and President Joe Biden - an environment that some observers suggest could create an opening for a third-party run."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"At every stop in South Carolina, a state with one of the highest shares of both active duty military and veterans, Ms. Haley brought up Mr. Trump's disparaging comments about the whereabouts of her husband, Michael, who is currently deployed."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"At every stop in South Carolina, a state with one of the highest shares of both active duty military and veterans, Ms. Haley brought up Mr. Trump's disparaging comments about the whereabouts of her husband, Michael, who is currently deployed."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"(Mr. Trump was not on the ballot, ruing instead in the state's GOP caucus.)"
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Now the South Carolina native, who served in the state Legislature and was twice elected governor, is facing the prospect of a resounding defeat in her home state, where polls show her trailing Mr. Trump by 20 to 40 points."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"If you're the backup quarterback and something happens, guess who the coach is going to put into the game?The most obvious reason for Ms. Haley to keep ruing is Mr. Trump's legal situation."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"If you're the backup quarterback and something happens, guess who the coach is going to put into the game?The most obvious reason for Ms. Haley to keep ruing is Mr. Trump's legal situation."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Ms. Haley has flatly ruled out ruing on a third-party ticket, and many states have sore loser laws that prevent a failed primary candidate from mounting such a bid."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"If Mr. Trump wins the GOP nomination this year and then loses the White House again, Republican voters may start looking for the kind of political reset that Ms. Haley has been pitching - and would be positioned to lead."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"If Mr. Trump wins the GOP nomination this year and then loses the White House again, Republican voters may start looking for the kind of political reset that Ms. Haley has been pitching - and would be positioned to lead."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Outside a retirement community in Fort Mill, she told supporters that Mr. Trump would fail to protect the success story that is NATO and would side with a thug who kills his political opponents, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin's alleged killing of dissident Alexei Navalny."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Even after that, they say, the party may need a Plan B.I still think something is going to happen where Trump is not going to be able to run, says Greg Ayers, a financial adviser in Rock Hill, as he waits to hear Ms. Haley speak in a ballroom near his home."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Even after that, they say, the party may need a Plan B.I still think something is going to happen where Trump is not going to be able to run, says Greg Ayers, a financial adviser in Rock Hill, as he waits to hear Ms. Haley speak in a ballroom near his home."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"So far, Mr. Trump's legal woes have generally worked to his advantage with Republican primary voters, many of whom believe he is being treated unfairly."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"They praise her foreign policy experience and her calm demeanor in handling former President Donald Trump's attacks."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"And even Mr. Trump's staunchest defenders might have second thoughts about his ability to win the general election in the wake of a criminal conviction."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Political rules hit the fan as soon as Donald Trump got into the race, says Dave Wilson, a South Carolina GOP strategist."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Political rules hit the fan as soon as Donald Trump got into the race, says Dave Wilson, a South Carolina GOP strategist."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Political rules hit the fan as soon as Donald Trump got into the race, says Dave Wilson, a South Carolina GOP strategist."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Political rules hit the fan as soon as Donald Trump got into the race, says Dave Wilson, a South Carolina GOP strategist."
Positive
2% Conservative
"As long as there are donors who are willing to put gas in the tank of Nikki Haley, she is going to keep going, says Mr. Wilson."
Positive
4% Conservative
"As long as there are donors who are willing to put gas in the tank of Nikki Haley, she is going to keep going, says Mr. Wilson."
Positive
4% Conservative
"And, I mean, Chris Christie was [attacking Mr. Trump], and where did that get him? says Jonathan Taylor, a Haley supporter from York, referring to the former New Jersey governor whose campaign never gained traction."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"And, I mean, Chris Christie was [attacking Mr. Trump], and where did that get him? says Jonathan Taylor, a Haley supporter from York, referring to the former New Jersey governor whose campaign never gained traction."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"And, I mean, Chris Christie was [attacking Mr. Trump], and where did that get him? says Jonathan Taylor, a Haley supporter from York, referring to the former New Jersey governor whose campaign never gained traction."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Lately on the campaign trail, Ms. Haley has leaned into attacking Mr. Trump in ways she previously had avoided."
Negative
-58% Liberal
"Lately on the campaign trail, Ms. Haley has leaned into attacking Mr. Trump in ways she previously had avoided."
Negative
-58% Liberal
"Ms. Haley came in third in Iowa, lost by double digits to Mr. Trump in New Hampshire, and suffered an embarrassing symbolic defeat in Nevada's primary, where she came in second behind None of these candidates."
Negative
-62% Liberal
"Ms. Haley came in third in Iowa, lost by double digits to Mr. Trump in New Hampshire, and suffered an embarrassing symbolic defeat in Nevada's primary, where she came in second behind None of these candidates."
Negative
-62% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : "I've never been so discouraged in a political season in my life," says Mr. Taylor.
50% : "Dropping out would be the easy route," the former ambassador to the United Nations said in a recent campaign speech, noting that another 21 states and territories will vote over the next 10 days.
39% : Even after that, they say, the party may need a Plan B."I still think something is going to happen where Trump is not going to be able to run," says Greg Ayers, a financial adviser in Rock Hill, as he waits to hear Ms. Haley speak in a ballroom near his home.
32% : "Political rules hit the fan as soon as Donald Trump got into the race," says Dave Wilson, a South Carolina GOP strategist.
32% : "Political rules hit the fan as soon as Donald Trump got into the race," says Dave Wilson, a South Carolina GOP strategist.

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