Desantis will attract a group of people, what i would call people that will show up whether wind, hail or freezing rain. The people that support desantis are the republican that is go to every caucus. When it comes to donald trump, theres the factor of people thinking hes going to win big anyway and that may hurt him. The campaign is worried about that. Yeah. If you think hes going to win easily, you may not need my vote. His supporters are more enthusiastic. A lot of his people are firsttime caucus goers. Theyre not registered as republicans. If they decide its too cold, that will have an impact on him. Iowans are quirky. Well see what happens. Doug gross, thank you for being here. With just a few hours to go
Time will tell if iowans come out and make their choice known. If one of these candidates, either haley or desantis, emerge as the trump alternative. Well see. Its coming up soon. Eva, thank you. John, back to you. A lot of people talking about the latest Des Moines register poll which shows donald trump with a big lead and Ron Desantis in third place. The Desantis Campaign thinks it has a lot going in its favor, namely organization. Let me show you from this Des Moines register poll in terms of who said they will definitely show up, The Register asked who would definitely show up . Ron Desantis Supporters say theyre the most likely to show up, 62 . His suggepporters the most
Why is that . The reason is because shes his ultimate competitor. After iowa and after New Hampshire, there will be two people standing, donald Trump And Nikki haley. Hes trying to take her down because his goal was to wrap up the nomination by the time New Hampshire got done. Win iowa big, win New Hampshire big. Its probably not going to happen to his liking. When you consider hes the frontrunner, nikki haleys been criticized for not going after him, not really coming for him. Sort of scurrying around it. She says that her idea is whether someone is maga or not, its not the issue. Its the economy and other things. Do you agree or should she be going after him because hes going after her . In a state like iowa where Donald Trump is very strong, trump should be over 50 , its really a race for a strong second. In iowa she has to be careful