Just days before the Republican Iowa caucuses, the final Des Moines Register poll shows former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley has overtaken Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for second place while Donald Trump leads by 28 points. https://twitter.com/DMRegister/status/1746374841702183331 From the Des Moines Register:
The Iowa Poll shows 48% of likely Republican caucusgoers pick Trump as their first choice for president — a slight dip from the 51% who said the same in December.
Haley, who has shown more upward momentum since the start of the caucus cycle than any other candidate, now sits in second place at 20%. It is her best showing in the Iowa Poll, and an increase of 4 percentage points since December.
DeSantis has fallen 3 percentage points to slip to third place at 16%.
Vivek Ramaswamy remains in 4th place in the single digits. https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1745918633920905249 Many pundits note that DeSantis has pretty much gone “all in” in Iowa, with very little resources engaged in New Hampshire or other states. A campaign spokesman said in a statement today that the governor is “ready for a long, scrappy campaign.” But I’m not sure how “long” you can go if you come in 3rd in Iowa and New Hampshire…? In related news, Axios reports that, since Iowa allows day-of party registration for voters and Democrats aren’t holding their own presidential caucuses this year, some Dems and Independents are planning to become “Republicans for a day” to vote for Nikki Haley — but mostly, against former President Trump. https://twitter.com/axios/status/1746513639136276985
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