I think Jimmy Carter was very low at the polls in 2016, right? So I wouldn't be unprecedented. But when those candidates win, it's because you have a very weak tap of the field. And I just don't think that a field with the former president and then a guy who has managed to tie the former president basically in polls is going to open up much. It will be interesting to see if Haley prompts anyone else to get in sooner or if we're going to have another lag before other folks start jumping in.
This week Nikki Haley became the first major candidate to challenge former President Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. The crew discusses what her path to the nomination could look like, given that Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are the only candidates who currently have sizable support in national polls.
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