Nikki Haley campaign site lacks policy platform, simple way to evaluate positions
- Nikki Haley's campaign website lacks a key element of presidential politics: Her policy platform.
- Instead, Haley's campaign highlights her record as governor and U.N. ambassador.
- Asked about the missing platform, Haley's campaign sent CNBC a hard to find document.
- It "might just be a website design issue," one Haley donor speculated.
WASHINGTON — Nikki Haley has built her presidential campaign on the support of voters eager for a serious, experienced, conventional Republican who offers an alternative to a second Trump term.
As a former ambassador to the United Nations and two-term South Carolina governor, Haley has a genuine record of choices she has made, on policy issues that range from immigration reform to labor rights, to support for Israel.
No surprise then, that Haley's presidential campaign website features a "Record of Results" tab with more than a dozen subtopics.
Any voter curious about what Haley has done so far in her career can quickly find it on her site. But a voter curious about what Haley would do if she were elected president in November will need to look harder. A lot harder.
Typically, a presidential campaign makes it as easy as possible for the public to learn what the candidate would do if elected.
Former president and Republican front-runner Donald Trump has dubbed his platform Agenda 47 and posted it at the top of his campaign website. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a former U.S. Marine, calls his policy section the Mission. Like Trump's Agenda 47, the Mission sits on top of his campaign site.
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has posted 25 policy commitments, dubbed America First 2.0, where anyone visiting his site would see them. Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchison calls his policy platform Solutions.