Pressure Mounts on Chris Christie to Drop Out as Nikki Haley Closes Gap With Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "With all of this being said, a number of people have taken to X (formerly Twitter), in order to look at the current primary math, and to agree that Haley has a much better chance of overtaking Trump if Christie dropped out and she absorbed all of his supporters.
41% : "Haley would likely move even closer to Trump if former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie were to withdraw, as two-thirds of Christie's supporters select Haley as their second choice," the UNH survey center wrote.
33% : "Undeclared voters who plan to vote in the Republican primary favor Haley over Trump by more than two to one, while Trump holds a large lead among registered Republicans.
31% : Trump will be counterprogramming the debate by sitting for an interview with Fox News' Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier.
19% : A poll from USA TODAY, Boston Globe and Suffolk University found that Trump is still comfortably ahead of Haley, but his 46 percent lead to Haley's 26 is a slip from his previous numbers.
16% : Despite these efforts, however, Christie remains far behind Trump in the polls, and he failed to reach the requirements to qualify for CNN's upcoming GOP debate with Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

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