tomorrow s contest is now out. if the trends in this poll hold, donald trump is going to pull off a win by an unprecedented margin for a republican or a democratic presidential candidate in iowa. this is the final nbc news des moines registry iowa pole ahead of tomorrow s caucuses. trump, his lead is down ever so slightly, by the way. this is what was in december, 51. now he is at 48. you can see that he has 28 point lead over his next closest competitor, nikki haley. nikki haley s first choice support, meanwhile, rose from 60 to 20 points. ron desantis support has slipped three points from last month, 19 to 16. vivek ramaswamy is an out below, heat remains below 10%. the current record margin of victory in the iowa republican caucus says for a non incumbent candidates is 13 points. that was set by bob dole in 1980. trump wins to more by anything remotely close to what these polls were predicted, he won t make history. that s an addition to the history that donald trump is al
other way. this is decided from the start, to be honest. we are angling out what the narrative will be when it s over. that said, van, if one is looking for something to stare at at the screen, to pop up, look for the alerts to breathe, and the reports to listen to from you and dasha on monday night, the storm becomes how much donald trump wins by, whether he achieves expectations or doesn t, but really, what happens next with nikki haley, who, as that comment, it is going to new hampshire with more strength. that will depend on how she performs tomorrow in iowa. right. look, ali, when we re talking about nikki haley, the expectation coming out of this poll is that she comes in second place in knocks a run to santa s. for nikki haley, the striking number from that poll is the fact that just 9% of the votes, you said, that they intended in