Earlier this year, David Wardlaw was annoyed when former President Trump denounced Nikki Haley, his then-rival, on his Truth Social account, warning that anyone who supported her campaign would be permanently barred from the MAGA camp. That's when I went ahead and wrote her a check, Wardlaw told NPR's Jeongyoon Han in February.
With the presidential race looking tight, one of the most-watched groups of potential swing voters is former Nikki Haley supporters like Wardlaw. They turned out in large numbers in Republican primaries - in some cases, even after Haley suspended her campaign in early March.
Faced with the choice of voting for Trump or Biden, Josie Schmidt, a Haley supporter from Richmond, Virginia says she's right on the edge of hopeless, but adds with a laugh, that's a little bit of an exaggeration. At a Haley event in Richmond, Virginia ahead of Super Tuesday, Schmidt said she had voted for Biden in 2020, but was reluctant to do so again.
Schmidt, who describes herself as an independent, explained she was disappointed with the lack of Republican alternatives, stating, I'd like somebody to come out of the woodwork who hasn't already been cast as a demon or an angel, saying she's still hoping for a candidate who resonates with her values.
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