Candidates ready for South Carolina GOP presidential primary

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Trump has won in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, the first GOP candidate to open with such a sweep since 1976's primary and caucuses calendar change.
55% : Trump is well on his way to the needed majority 1,215 delegates to secure the party's nomination.
52% : Real Clear Politics' polling average shows Trump ahead 63%-32% in the state.
51% : "Donald Trump is more focused on his court cases than on our national security," Haley wrote online Monday.
48% : Billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy exited the night of the Iowa caucuses and immediately endorsed Trump.
44% : In many places, Haley performs even better than Trump against Biden.
42% : "If Donald Trump gets his way, the RNC will spend more on his legal fees than on helping Republicans take back the Senate, grow our majority in the House, and win down ballot races across the country," Haley wrote on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, and referring to the Republican National Committee.
37% : "All political prosecutions of your favorite president, me, must stop immediately," Trump wrote in all capital letters on TruthSocial on Monday.
37% : Because they wanted to interfere with the presidential election of 2024, that's why!"A key argument against Trump the first time he ran for president was electability.
30% : "Trump has defended himself repeatedly, saying the prosecutions are politically motivated.
26% : Polling shows Trump beating Biden across most if not all swing states.
10% : Haley hammered Trump for his legal woes on Monday.
8% : Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who went out Jan. 10 polling at 2%, did not back Trump and was caught on a hot microphone saying Haley would not win.South Carolina's major congressional delegation has publicly backed Trump, including Republican U.S. Sens. Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott, the latter a former presidential candidate in this election.

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