 showed Haley performing better than Trump in a head-to-head with Joe Biden long before the entire Democratic machine turned on the president. A candidate like Haley, who enjoys strong cross-party appeal throughout the primary, would have had the added benefit of capturing the turncoat Democrats most put off by the tragic Biden debate performance, while some Republicans say they don't want those voters. A captured Democrat vote counts just as much as that of a diehard Trump supporter.