Haley faces battles of her own in South Carolina, where unemployment is higher than the national average at about 8 percent and her approval ratings earlier this year were less than 50 percent. But that isn’t the real problem, said Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “I would think her name recognition in Virginia would be under 10 percent, and that’s being generous,” Sabato said. “They’re just trying to get photos of Cuccinelli on the front pages of all the papers with a powerful woman.”