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Welcome to the online version of\u00a0<\/em>From the Politics Desk<\/em>, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team\u2019s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n In today\u2019s edition, Allan Smith and Ali Vitali, who reported extensively on Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign, dig into the battle to win over her supporters. Plus, Chuck Todd explains why the next weeks could be a critical stretch as Joe Biden and Donald Trump turn toward a general election rematch. <\/em><\/p>\n Nikki Haley\u2019s campaign is over, but the fight to win over her supporters has just begun.\u00a0<\/p>\n With Donald Trump and Joe Biden essentially set in stone as their parties\u2019\u00a0presidential nominees, the Haley voting bloc will now have to come to terms with a choice many wished they wouldn\u2019t have to make.\u00a0<\/p>\n And Trump and Biden\u2019s initial pitches to these voters couldn\u2019t sound more different.<\/p>\n Do you have a news tip? <\/strong>Let us know <\/strong><\/p>\n Trump wrote on Truth Social that Haley \u201cgot TROUNCED\u201d on Super Tuesday \u201cin record setting fashion,\u201d adding, \u201cMuch of her money came from Radical Left Democrats, as did many of her voters.\u201d Later, he said he \u201cwould further like to invite all of the Haley supporters to join the greatest movement in the history of our Nation.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Biden said in a statement: \u201cDonald Trump made it clear he doesn\u2019t want Nikki Haley\u2019s supporters. I want to be clear: There is a place for them in my campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n What\u2019s more, a Biden campaign official told NBC News the finance teams for Biden and the Democratic National Committee have recently done outreach to Haley donors, including efforts led by Hollywood mogul and Biden national co-chair Jeffrey Katzenberg.<\/p>\n Haley\u2019s coalition was bolstered by crossover voters jumping into open primaries looking to stick it to Trump. While they made up the minority in the GOP primary, strategists on both sides acknowledged that a segment of her supporters could prove key in close battleground states.\u00a0<\/p>\n NBC News exit polling on Super Tuesday showed stark divides between Trump and Haley backers on key questions. In Virginia and North Carolina, roughly half of Haley\u2019s supporters said they approved of Biden\u2019s job performance as president \u2014 higher than the public as a whole. On the other hand, virtually none of Trump\u2019s backers approved of Biden\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n A New York Times\/Siena College poll released Saturday showed nearly half of Haley\u2019s supporters \u2014 48% \u2014 voted for Biden in 2020, versus 31% who said they backed Trump then.<\/p>\n And as NBC News\u2019 Steve Kornacki wrote, Trump\u2019s poor performance with independent voters in early GOP primaries may be more the result of \u201cresistance\u201d-leaning independents being motivated to participate in them than a reflection of the opinions of independent voters overall.<\/p>\n Still, there may be a group of Haley voters now looking for a home who could prove pivotal to either candidate\u2019s coalition \u2014 particularly voters who dislike both men or have concerns about their advanced age.<\/p>\n Read the full story here \u2192<\/p>\n This general election is going to be nasty. It\u2019s going to be personal. And by the time the two campaigns are done pummeling each other, I suspect Trump supporters are going to assume Biden is at death\u2019s door, while Biden supporters are going to assume the Constitution will be suspended the day of a second Trump inauguration.<\/p>\n \u00a0The real question, of course, is which negative attacks will actually stick in the minds of voters who aren\u2019t hard partisans and aren\u2019t predisposed to assume the worst about both candidates. And the next six weeks should tell us a lot about how much a paid anti-Trump media campaign can move Biden\u2019s numbers.<\/p>\n Given the financial advantage Biden enjoys over Trump, it would be malpractice if the Biden campaign didn\u2019t try to press that advantage immediately. Right now, this campaign has a \u201creferendum on Biden\u201d vibe to it, a fairly natural occurrence at this point in an incumbent\u2019s re-election effort. The challenger \u2014 in this case Trump \u2014 is the one constantly on the trail and in the news, and his victories are giving him a bit of a \u201cwinner\u2019s\u201d halo effect.<\/p>\n Just ask Presidents Dukakis, Romney and Kerry how long that lasts, though. All had moments when they appeared to have successfully made the campaign about the other guy (and their party). That is, until the incumbent\u2019s campaign had its say and started to spend its money.<\/p>\n One of the hallmarks of Trump\u2019s campaigns is his ability to project his own weaknesses on his opponent. One of the more effective hits on Trump is to portray him as a chaos agent, unable or unwilling to prevent, say, a Jan. 6 protest from turning into a full-on insurrection. Of course, Trump knows this \u2014 which is why he regularly portrays the border or things happening overseas as \u201cchaotic\u201d or \u201cout of control\u201d on Biden\u2019s watch.<\/p>\n I\u2019m curious to see how Biden\u2019s team navigates this attempt at inoculation. One of the great challenges it has is convincing the middle of the electorate to vote for Biden a second time, arguing that this time, the chaos Biden pledged to put behind the nation in 2020 will truly end. Will these voters believe that?<\/p>\n \u00a0Read the full story here \u2192<\/p>\n That\u2019s all from The Politics Desk for now. If you have feedback \u2014 likes or dislikes \u2014 email us at <\/em>politicsnewsletter@nbcuni.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n And if you\u2019re a fan, please share with everyone and anyone. 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Analysis by Chuck Todd<\/h3>\n
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