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Poll: Trump has 23-point lead over DeSantis in first test of GOP caucus field
Kamaji:
Trump has 23-point lead over DeSantis in first test of GOP caucus field: poll
By Yaron Steinbuch
August 21, 2023
Former President Donald Trump holds an overwhelming lead of more than 2-to-1 over his nearest rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in the 2024 presidential race among likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers, according to a new poll.
Trump is the first choice of 42% of the likely caucusgoers out of 14 GOP candidates, while 19% picked DeSantis with about five months to Caucus Day, the first 2024 NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll found.
They’re followed by Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, at 9%; former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and former Vice President Mike Pence, both at 6%; former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at 5%; and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy at 4%.
But the poll results also show DeSantis has a lane in Iowa, where his total “footprint” is 2 percentage points behind Trump: 61% to 63%, the Des Moines Register pointed out.
The footprint is measured by adding together those who say a candidate is their first choice, those who say the candidate is their second choice and those who are actively considering supporting the candidate.
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Source: https://nypost.com/2023/08/21/trump-has-23-point-lead-over-desantis-in-first-test-of-gop-caucus-field-poll/
Weird Tolkienish Figure:
Still not a majority, a majority wants someone other than Trump.
jmyrlefuller:
But the noise machine tells me Ramaswamy has soared to second...
Right_in_Virginia:
"Why aren't I 50 points ahead?"
bigheadfred:
--- Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on August 21, 2023, 07:26:41 pm ---"Why aren't I 50 points ahead?"
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I saw a video with that. Made me chuckle.
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