Many of Ms. Haley's most ardent supporters in her losing bid - moderate, college-educated Republicans and independents skeptical of Mr. Trump - fell into what pollsters called the double haters camp: people dreading having to cast a ballot for Mr. Trump or President Biden, before he ended his re-election campaign.
Ms. Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and the United Nations ambassador under Mr. Trump, formally endorsed him in July at the party's nominating convention, urging her supporters to set aside their disagreements and stand united as Republicans.
Though she herself never embraced the anti-Trump label, she sharply criticized him as unhinged while she was still running, and once said of him that she felt no need to kiss the ring.
The Haley voters, I think, are examining the Harris candidacy, and they are going to decide where they fall eventually. Neither one of these candidates is exactly a perfect fit for those voters.
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