The 2024 US presidential election officially kicks off Monday, when voters in the rural farm state of Iowa head to school gymnasiums and public libraries to deliberate over who should become their party's nominee for the White House.
Donald Trump secured a landslide victory in the first 2024 Republican presidential contest in Iowa on Monday, cementing his place as the Republican candidate to challenge President Joe Biden.
The Des Moines Register/NBC News poll released late on Saturday gave Trump 48 per cent, while former South Carolina Governor Haley jumped to second place with 20%, pushing Florida Governor DeSantis to third place with 16 per cent.