Supporters to these Caucus Locations and that includes seniors from retirement homes. Desantis told me today, he likes being the underdog. He knows he needs a strong finish in iowa to move forward in this race. I cant believe were here already but we are. Thank you. Before we move on, a quick check on the numbers that put this into perspective. The polling on the eve of these iowa caucuses. Lets get right to rick over at the big board. Youre back at the big board. Hard to believe. Its not just the polling but what it comes to thanks i cant. This is the last glimpse that were getting before it begins tonight. Donald trump not just dominating but getting close to an outright majority of caucusgoers. That would be some feat. And in second place, Nikki Haley has surged past ron desantis. Yes, to the cruise. In a question, this same poll asked, almost 88 say theyre enthusiastic tonight. Thats only 39 of Nikki Haley supporters. So this is a battle on the
Iowa caucus is my allstar panel. Rachel political strategist, joan walsh, national Affairs Correspondent at the nation, and President And Founder of and an msnbc political analyst. Rachel, i am coming to you, because maybe im overly fixated on the poll numbers here, in terms of enthusiasm, in terms of unfavorability, unfavorability. Weve shown that only 9 of Nikki Haley supporters say that they are, quote, extremely enthusiastic about her candidacy. I want to play something that Nikki Haley said with regard to that, and then talk more about this on the other side. What i am going to say is, the momentum and the energy on the ground is strong. We feel it, we know that this is moving in the right direction. And to me, the only numbers that matter are the ones that we are going up, and everyone else went down. That shows that we are doing the right thing
Desantis made, going to 99 counties, the more they learn about him the less likely they will vote for him can we talk about that polling . Can we talk about that polling that you just mentioned . It shows a majority of Haley Supporters are, at best, mildly enthusiastic about turning out for the caucuses tomorrow. That is really far below the others in this race. Donald trump and desantis. How concerned are you about those numbers . And if people in this kind of weather will just decide to stay home . So, first off, all of the iowaians going out to vote thank you for doing your civic duty in a tough environment. I was in the mountains for a month negative 20 and it was uncomfortable. What they are going in tomorrow is difficult. This enthusiasm, gap that people are talking about that number is really better used in
One thing i keep hearing is this question about, Nikki Haley supporters might not be as enthusiastic, but tha lot of th live in suburbs. They drive large suvs, those are cars that can get them around more safely. That may have an impact as well. Does it feel like a Oneperson Race on the ground, or does it feel like theres a possibility for a surprise like weve seen in the past because we have not seen this wide of a spread in the polling in the past. Right. I mean, Donald Trump is just so dominant here that there is less of that sense of suspense that usually hangs over something, any one of these caucuses. So the Trump Team is camped out at Hotel Fort des moines. It was the Hillary Clinton Campaign during one of her rounds of iowa caucuses that i covered that was camped out at the Hotel Fort des moines. This time its trumps team, and tha
Caucus tonight. Twice as many Nikki Haley supporters say they would back Joe Biden if Donald Trump is not the candidate. Mike huckabee will react. Carley interesting. And overseas houthi rebels attacking another ship. Zach nunn will tell us how foreign plsz could factor into tonights results. Dont go anywhere. [ ] [ ] [ ] your skin is everchanging, take care of it with gold bonds different formulations of 7 moisturizers and 3 vitamins. For all your skins, gold bond