Posted on 12/16/2023 9:19:48 AM PST by SoConPubbie
The latest Iowa State University/Civiqs poll showed over half of the respondents, 54 percent, choosing Trump as their first choice candidate.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose campaign has consistently claimed success in the Hawkeye State, falls 37 points behind Trump with 17 percent support. That reflects a one-point drop over the last month and serves as further evidence that Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ (R) endorsement of DeSantis did little to nothing to boost his status in the GOP primary field.
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, meanwhile, improved, moving from 12 percent in the previous poll to 15 percent — just two points behind DeSantis.
Anti-woke businessman Vivek Ramaswamy sees seven percent support, followed by former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie with four percent and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson with one percent support.
Poll organizer Dave Peterson, Lucken Professor of Political Science, said the big takeaway “aside from Trump’s sizeable lead, is that the other candidates are running out of time, and it doesn’t look like there’s a lot of potential for Iowans to change their mind going into January.”
📊 2024 IOWA REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
• Trump — 54% (+37)
• DeSantis — 17%
• Haley — 15%
• Ramaswamy — 7%
• Christie — 4%
• Hutchinson — 1%ISU/Civiqs | 438 LV | 12/8-13 | ±6%https://t.co/2shc73KRL3 pic.twitter.com/xBEARgmDmR
— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) December 14, 2023
The survey was taken December 8-13 among 438 likely Iowa Republican caucus goers. It has a +/- 6 percent margin of error for likely caucus attendees, putting DeSantis at a virtual tie with Haley.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
DeSantis continues to fail to garner momentum in Iowa — or any early primary state, for that matter — but he is still pressing on, urging Trump and Haley to debate him ahead of the Iowa caucus, despite the fact that none of the debates have assisted him in improving his standing against Trump — the runaway frontrunner.
DeSantis -1, that’s what you get when you buy Bob Vander Platt’s endorsement.
Most of the Trump commercials in western Iowa have been targeting Diaper Joe but they recently came up with a new commercial featuring Iowa’s Gov. Kim Reynolds extolling why Trump was the best choice. Master level trolling.
My brain only hears “Hawkeye Cauceye”. Thanks El Rushbo!
:NeverTrumpin':
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