The two debates between the candidates for the Republican nomination for the presidential election were canceled. after Nikki Haley and Donald Trump refused to participate in them just days before the next primary election in New Hampshire next week.

ABC and CNN canceled their scheduled telefights after Haley announced that won’t attend if Trump stays away, who has refused to take part in all debates citing his large poll gap with his opponents.

Yesterday, Wednesday night, Haley preferred to address her supporters during a pre-election rally, railing against the “chaos” of Trump and US President Joe Biden.

“We’re not going to meet a Democratic mess with a Republican mess,” the former US ambassador to the UN during Trump’s presidency warned from Rochester, New Hampshire.

“I voted for Trump twice. But (…) chaos follows him. We cannot have a country in disarray, a world on fire and go into another four years of chaos. We will not survive,” Hailey underlined, after entering the stage to the sounds of the song “The eye of the tiger”.

Only female candidate for the Republican nomination, the 51-year-old should produce a very good result in New Hampshirewhere primaries are held on Tuesday, to be able to compete with Trump, after his triumph in Iowa where he collected 51% of the vote, compared to 21% for Ron DeSandis and 19% for Haley.

To achieve her goal, she is trying to get on her side the largest number of independent or moderate voters in this small state (population 1.4 million), where even those who are not registered Republicans can vote.

Trump “steady”

In the “Granite State,” as New Hampshire is called, “support for Trump seems stable”said Dante Scala, a political science professor at the state university.

According to a recent Suffolk University/ NBC10 Boston/ Boston Globe poll, the former US president gathers 50% of voter intent, compared to 34% for Haley and 5% for DeSandis.

Skala estimated that Haley will need to seek out voters beyond the GOP base, for example among voters disillusioned with Biden but unwilling to support Trump.

“A majority of Americans say they don’t want to choose between two 80-year-old presidents,” said Haley, who is sticking to issues that appeal to Republican voters, such as tackling illegal immigration, reducing the debt and getting tough on China. .

If Trump also wins the New Hampshire primary, he will solidify his position as the favorite to win the Republican nomination for a third consecutive term.