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Poll: Iowa Republicans not sold on Ron DeSantis’ Hamas response
Florida Politics ^ | November 1, 2023 | A.G. Gancarski

Posted on 11/01/2023 10:22:13 AM PDT by conservative98

Fewer than 1 in 10 Iowans believe the Florida Governor is the best bet to deal with the current threat.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has messaged heavily around the state response in the weeks since Hamas attacked Israeli citizens. But new polling from a key early state in the presidential race suggests that message may be hitting deaf ears.

The Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa Poll conducted from Oct. 22 to Oct. 26 shows that just 9% of likely Hawkeye State caucus participants believe the Florida Governor is the best bet in the GOP field to address the situation in the Middle East.

To put that number in perspective, that’s a little more than half of the 16% of Iowans who say they support his presidential run.

Iowans seem more comfortable to have foreign policy handled by people with proven records in the executive branch.

Former President Donald Trump is seen as the best option by 52% of respondents, while former United Nations envoy Nikki Haley is regarded as the strongest by 22%. Each of those numbers exceeds their performance in the overall poll, which finds Trump at 43% and Haley tied with DeSantis in second place at 16%.

“Just 34% of DeSantis’ own supporters say he would be best at handling the war, while 32% of his supporters say Trump would be best

(Excerpt) Read more at floridapolitics.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: Iowa
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1 posted on 11/01/2023 10:22:13 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

WARNING ⚠️: This is more about Trump and Iowa, so all you Karens that attack Trump obsessively and dishonestly, and don’t want Desantis being discussed anymore, stuff it.


2 posted on 11/01/2023 10:23:10 AM PDT by conservative98
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“This is more about Trump and Iowa, so all you Karens that attack Trump obsessively and dishonestly”

I must have missed that post! Who is Karen?


3 posted on 11/01/2023 10:45:15 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: conservative98

No this is more about your hate for Ron DeSantis or anything Rump that is negative. Grow a set you post you will get response good and bad


4 posted on 11/01/2023 10:52:33 AM PDT by wild74
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To: wild74

You Nevertrumpers fail again. You post about me and not the topic.


5 posted on 11/01/2023 11:10:08 AM PDT by conservative98
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“Poll: Iowa Republicans not sold on Ron DeSantis’ Hamas response”

this is simply an indication of how voters feel about the credibility of statements from standard politicians like desantis, particularly so-called conservative politicians ...

we all know by now that almost all politicians SAY stuff that they think we voters want to hear ... the problem is that we also know that most of them don’t really believe, or intend to act to implement, everything they say, and it’s nearly impossible to tell what they REALLY believe and what they REALLY would do if elected ...

during my lifetime, practically the only politician who has truly said what they mean and truly mean what they say is Donald J. Trump ...


6 posted on 11/01/2023 11:19:54 AM PDT by catnipman (A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
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To: conservative98

Don’t worry. If you don’t like Ron’s opinion, just wait a while and he’ll probably change it.


7 posted on 11/01/2023 11:46:27 AM PDT by Boogieman
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“You Nevertrumpers fail again. You post about me and not the topic.”

Don’t lead off calling Freepers and it wouldn’t be about you.


8 posted on 11/01/2023 12:08:35 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: conservative98

“This is more about Trump “

Article is about DeSantis.


9 posted on 11/01/2023 12:09:43 PM PDT by TexasGator
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