Former President Donald Trump has increased his already impressive lead over the entire Republican field in Iowa, with 51% of caucus members likely to call him their first choice, a new poll shows.
The Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa poll, released Monday morning, showed Trump, 77, with the largest lead ever recorded in the poll so close to the GOP caucus.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, 45, is a distant second with 19% support, with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley close behind at 16%.
Trump gained eight percentage points from the late October poll, while DeSantis gained three percentage points after completing his goal of visiting every county in the Hawkeye State.
Haley, despite a big endorsement from Koch’s political network Americans For Prosperity Action super PAC last month, has failed to make any gains since late October.
No other Republican candidate exceeded double digits.
Former President Donald Trump has increased his lead over the entire GOP field with 51% first-choice support in Iowa. Reuters
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy was fourth with 5% support – up from 4% in October – followed by former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who remained flat at 4%. Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson is at 1% and Texas pastor Ryan Binkley continues to poll at 0%.
“The field may have shrunk, but it may have made Donald Trump stronger than he was,” J. Ann Selzer, president of polling firm Selzer & Co., told the Des Moines Register.
“I will call his leader the commander at this point. There’s not much benefit from fewer candidates for either Ron DeSantis or Nikki Haley.”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has widened his lead in Iowa by 3 percentage points to 19% compared to the October poll. Reuters
Overall, 76% of likely Republican caucus members said they were considering supporting Trump on Jan. 15, up from 67% in October.
That figure includes 51% who said he was their first choice, 13% who said he was their second choice and 11% who said they were actively considering him.
The former president also has the largest share of “very favorable” ratings among poll respondents at 49%, compared to DeSantis’ 24% and Haley’s 20%, and leads his challenger among every demographic, according to the poll.
Former North Carolina Governor Nikki Haley came in a distant third in the Iowa poll with 16%. AP
The number of likely GOP caucus members who are confident that Trump could defeat President Biden in a hypothetical general election has increased eight percentage points to 73% since October — even though Trump faces 91 criminal charges in four separate criminal cases.
Only 24% of poll respondents said the 45th president’s legal troubles would make it nearly impossible for him to defeat Biden next November.
The Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom poll polled 502 likely Republican caucus participants by phone from Dec. 2-7 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4%.
Meanwhile, a new CNN poll favors Trump now leading Biden in Michigan and Georgia — the two key battlegrounds the incumbent president has won in 2020.
In Georgia, 49% of registered voters polled said they preferred Trump, compared to 44% who chose Biden.
In Michigan, the former president garnered 50% support to Biden’s 40% among poll respondents.
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