ANALYSIS: Haley’s Abortion Speech Can Boost Electability in General Election But Is Unlikely to Swing Primary Voters, Expert Says
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Nikki Haley’s speech on April 25 on abortion policy makes her a more appealing general election candidate but is unlikely to swing primary voters, according to one prominent elections analyst.
In what her campaign billed as a “major policy speech on abortion,” Haley, who is pro-life, didn’t offer concrete legislative or executive proposals but did point to a few areas where the voters on both sides of the issue could agree, including making adoption easier and protecting children who survive abortions.
“Haley needs to put herself in the best position to win the primary first and then the general election. Those are two very different constituencies,” Nathan Gonzales, publisher of Inside Elections, told The Epoch Times. “This speech looks like an attempt to stay relevant in the national conversation and demonstrate a different way of talking about a critical issue.”…