2015, Marco Rubio was second, Ben Carson was third, donald Trump Wasnt among the top three. One county the south and sue county, a high number of evangelical voters. Now, we are in 2024 the latest Des Moines register poll among evangelical voters, Donald Trump is at 51 . Ron desantis, is at 22 , Donald Trump is just lapping the field, eight years ago, he wasnt even among the top three in these counties and to an extent, you think Donald Trump has the idea that hes pretty safe among these voters. Where is he spending all of his money right now . We have one slight here that shows Ad Spending over the closing weeks of the campaign, Doldrums Campaign and his Super Pac spent 4. 5 Million targeting nikki haley
Youre thinking most haley voters arent trump voters to begin with. Am i going to vote for Desantis Or Ramaswamy or trump. You think, im not going to waste my vote. Im going to vote for trump. People want to be with a winner. They suck along that vote, as well. That momentum coming out tonight is going to be so important. You know, the Trump Team is worried that the horrible weather could deter people from showing up. And if trump supporters think that trump has it locked up, they might say, whats the point . Trump has made that mistake a number of times. In you look at the number of the turnout. Hes more worried about Nikki Haley than the weather. And the Ad Spending shows that. Nikki haley is turning her team on fire, too. I talked to the campaign this
And millions of dollars in ad spending, the weather could be the biggest story tonight. Snow and frigid temperatures are affecting the entire state. Much of the state, all of the state is going to see below zero temperatures. Some significantly below zero. This Morning Donald Trump is launching a string of attacks against his rivals, saying, quote, a vote for Vivek Ramaswamy is a wasted vote and he claims Nikki Haley and Ron Desantis are losing badly to Joe Biden. Both desantis in Nikki Haley do better against Joe Biden than Donald Trump in the polling. The Des Moines register poll says most likely Caucus Goers will be voting for Donald Trump. We have our team in iowa now covering these campaigns
Vote for her as well as independents. Thats a good percentage. Shes doing the best among those groups. As unappealing as he can be, in the most diplomatic of ways, Vivek Ramaswamy is truly barred from the state. Hes done a whopping 303 events an all 99 counties. Of course, there is Ad Spending which Nikki Haley is outspending everyone else. Shes been reporting about 3 Million a week into tv ads. But one factor of course that none of them control is mother nature. Shes making it very cold air right now. And shout out to mother nature, weather is one shes been making her presence known. Not only her presence, but she is reminding us all that we are just human beings. And Candidates Cant Control the weather, not even a president. Tonights turn up, as you probably heard, its become a question of Enthusiasm And Weather preparation. These are icicles that just got cooked look what we did. 35 minutes in negative 60degree Weather here in iowa
gop caucuses in iowa, the iowa winner has actually failed to win the presidential nomination. so help us understand why then among especially today s candidates, why iowa is so important to them? yeah, the former governor of new hampshire, john sununu, says iowa picks corn and new hampshire picks presidents. that s something that s gotten nikki haley in trouble in the race. she made a similar joke, saying you know, new hampshire corrects what iowa does. and the desantis people are using that in her campaign ads. but when we look at the ad spending so far, everybody is pouring tons of money into this race, including the haley campaign. $123 million has been spent just on iowa ads out of the $269 million total in this race. almost half of all the ad spending. kn by the way, in the last couple weeks, nikki haley s team, the superpac supporting her and her campaign, have