Nikki Haley's campaign is near its end, political observers insist

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's days are numbered, according to some political observers.

While many have already written her off as nothing more than a candidate wasting money -- money that could be used to boost former President Donald Trump as the nominee -- the math isn't working out in favor of Haley's foreseeable future.

Analysts who spend all of their time doing delegate math understand that unless Haley were to pull off several unprecedented wins in contests that will take place on "Super Tuesday," she has no mathematical path to the nomination.

FHQ Strategies founder and University of Georgia Political Science Professor Josh Putnam discussed the math with The Epoch Times, warning that unless Haley performs spectacularly on that day, she'll be politically dead in the water.

The outlet noted:

If she does not do so, Mr. Putnam said, her campaign will crash into a cold, hard iceberg of “delegate math,” making ‘Super Tuesday’ her “Titanic Tuesday.”

“Ready or not,” he told The Epoch Times, “here it comes.”

To win the GOP presidential nomination, a candidate has to secure 1,215 of the 2,429 delegates at the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) July 15-18 nominating convention. Haley is a very long way from meeting that number, and one doesn't have to be an analyst to know she won't make it.

In late-breaking news Saturday night, Trump dominated the headlines after decisively beating Haley in her home state of South Carolina. It was another absolute disaster for her campaign -- and embarrassing to boot.

Due to his win, Trump will take a majority of the delegates from South Carolina, putting Haley even further behind and an even longer longshot to become the GOP nominee. The Epoch Times noted:

If polls, projections, and trends pan out, President Trump will likely have an insurmountable delegate lead after ’Super Tuesday,’ Mr. Putnam said, but because the RNC prohibits ‘winner-take-all’ primaries before March 15, the former president may not formally seal the deal for several weeks.

"Haley seems to suggest that she’s going to hang around at least through ‘Super Tuesday,’ so if she dropped out after that, then it’s going to probably happen just before Trump passes the 50-percent mark and unofficially clinches the nomination," Putnam said.

She confirmed that she would stay in race after losing her home state, which would have ended a sane candidate's campaign, as it almost always has.

"America will come apart if we make the wrong choices. This has never been about me or my political future," Haley told a cheering crowd Saturday night. "I am a woman of my word. I'm not giving up this fight."

Haley was trashed across social media on Saturday night for not bowing out.

All polls point to Trump dominating every race. Haley's donors have to be exhausted at this point.