Nikki Haley and Donald Trump face off

South Carolina voters on Saturday are casting their ballots, deciding between former President Donald Trump or their former governor, Nikki Haley.

Polls close at 7 p.m. ET after which votes will be counted and the winner announced. Haley intends to speak once the winner is declared. Trump is holding a watch party in South Carolina where he is also likely to speak.

South Carolina holds an open primary, meaning that voters of any party can vote in the Republican primary as long as they have not already voted in the Democratic primary, which President Joe Biden won on Feb. 3.

As South Carolinians head to the polls, Trump has a roughly 30-point lead against Haley, according to a February survey from USA Today and Suffolk University, disintegrating any hopes of her home-court advantage.

Would Haley’s loss end the primary?

Haley vowed on Tuesday to stay in the race until at least Super Tuesday on March 5, no matter the results in South Carolina. Her campaign confirmed that she does have the funding to keep her afloat after a record fundraising month in January.

“We have the resources to go the distance,” a spokesperson for Haley’s campaign told CNBC on Tuesday.

Republican candidates need 1,215 delegates to secure the nomination. Trump currently has 63 to Haley’s 17. As long as Haley does not drop out, the Republican primary will continue to be a two-person race, much to Trump’s dismay.

But even with her financing and resolve, Haley’s campaign faces a steep path forward.

Haley’s campaign has been tempering expectations over the past week, arguing that she does not need to win South Carolina to garner momentum for future primaries. The former U.N. ambassador has yet to win a race this primary season, though she managed to pull out a slimmer loss against Trump in New Hampshire due to the state’s wide population of undeclared voters.

South Carolina is much less undecided. Along with holding a polling lead, Trump has the endorsements of local South Carolina GOP chapters, South…