and good evening and welcome to a special edition of outfront. i m erin burnett on this sunday. tonight the first contest of the 2024 election is only hours away. republican candidates are out in temperatures well below zero, but they re still fighting to try to get everybody to turn out and vote in iowa. you re looking at live pictures right now of nikki haley s rally on election eve, and she is not alone. ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy also holding events tonight. their supporters are there too, despite the dangerous conditions. and that s because of course the stakes could not be higher. there is so much on the line in this unprecedented election campaign season that we are now finally in the midst of. haley and desantis are desperately trying to close the gap with trump, who just wrapped up his rally in the final hours. and, you know, as i say, it s unprecedented. but there is still some sense of history here. and in past elections, iowa always ends up being abo
and good evening and welcome to a special edition of outfront. i m erin burnett on this sunday. tonight the first contest of the 2024 election is only hours away. republican candidates are out in temperatures well below zero, but they re still fighting to try to get everybody to turn out and vote in iowa. you re looking at live pictures right now of nikki haley s rally on election eve, and she is not alone. ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy also holding events tonight. their supporters are there too, despite the dangerous conditions. and that s because of course the stakes could not be higher. there is so much on the line in this unprecedented election campaign season that we are now finally in the midst of. haley and desantis are desperately trying to close the gap with trump, who just wrapped up his rally in the final hours. and, you know, as i say, it s unprecedented. but there is still some sense of history here. and in past elections, iowa always ends up being about tur
They think actually trump is the stronger electorate. Thats whats happening at the grassroots level in iowa right now. So the Electability Argument Isnt playing as well as it should. But the polls are what the polls are. Donald trump lied in his speech a second ago where he asked people to die to vote for him. But Nikki Haley in poll after poll shows the more competitive candidate. If thats what youre looking for that, is a strong argument. Well see how independents show up. Well see what the evangelicals do. But i think its a mistake to consider this a done deal. Marco rubio endorsing trump after all those insults, thats a profile in cowardness. Thats what we have come to expect from republicans that back Donald Trump. Even evangelicals will admit theyre voting for Donald Trump at some point in time. All thank you very much. Iowa in the deep freeze. Windchill factor 31 below. How does this Effect Turnout in
Nikki haley, who could real by be a Change Agent at a national level, bringing a new generation of people into the republican party which is something that ive been working for 15 years. But the reality is what im seeing is the Electability Argument at the primary level especially in Iowa Isnt actually getting traction because people are looking at Donald Trump versus joe biden, and they actually see trump as stronger, and they see biden because theyre listening to all this conservative media that shows biden is old and slow and j geriatric. Thats whats happening at the grassroots level in iowa right now. So the Electability Argument isnt playing as well as it should. But the polls are what the polls are. Donald trump lied in his speech a second ago where he asked people to die to vote for him. But Nikki Haley in poll after poll shows the more competitive candidate. If thats what youre looking for that, is a strong argument. Well see how independents show up. Well see what the evangeli