Nikki Haley 'Leaving a Trail of Breadcrumbs' for Joe Biden

Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is "leaving a trail of breadcrumbs" for President Joe Biden as Super Tuesday voters head to the polls, according to a CNN political analyst.

Ron Brownstein said on CNN Newsroom Tuesday afternoon that the "trail of breadcrumbs" is to show Biden "about where he can go."

"It's the same kind of voters that we saw in 2018, 2020 and 2022 reject Republicans and move toward the Democrats."

"The difference, of course, is that these voters have now had a four-year exposure to Biden and his record, and they are very negative on him, so how these double negative voters, these Republican-leaning voters in many cases, white-collar voters who are down on Trump but also down on Biden, how they sort out is obviously going to be critical," Brownstein, who is also a senior editor at The Atlantic, added.

Newsweek reached out to Haley's campaign via email for comment.

The context:

On Super Tuesday, voters across 15 states will cast their ballots for the primary election in the 2024 presidential race.

Biden is currently the leading Democratic candidate and his only challenger has been Dean Philips, who has yet to receive any delegates in the primary races.

On the Republican side, former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador Haley continues to trail former President Donald Trump in the polls. The former president has also secured victories in earlier primaries including Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire.

Trump has won 273 delegates in the Republican primary race so far, compared to Haley's 43. A Republican candidate needs 1,215 to win the party's nomination for 2024.

What we know:

A recent poll from The New York Times/Siena College found Trump holding a strong lead over Haley for the Republican primary.

According to the poll, 76 percent of voters named Trump as the most likely candidate they'd vote for in the Republican primary, compared to 21 percent who sided with Haley.

Views:

Doug Heye, a GOP strategist, noted earlier in the day on CNN Newsroom which two states Trump should be watching on Super Tuesday.

"Of all the states that are in there, North Carolina and Virginia are sort of the only two that are swing states. Watching those results, North Carolina is gonna come in pretty late, by the way," Heye said.

Thomas Gift, the founding director of the Centre on U.S. Politics at University College London, previously told Newsweek that Trump "will trounce Haley" on Super Tuesday.

What's next:

Super Tuesday is likely to move the nation closer to finding the Republican nominee for the 2024 general election.

Polls and previous results suggest a likely rematch between Biden and Trump in November, with The New York Times/Siena College poll finding 48 percent of respondents supporting Trump and 44 percent siding with Biden.

Update 3/5/24, 1:04 p.m. ET: This article was updated with additional information.

Update 3/5/24, 1:51 p.m. ET: This article was updated with additional information.