welcome to inside politics live from iowa. here we go. the first vote of the 2024 presidential election are tonight. after months of rallying, tens of millions in campaign ads, voters will finally have their say. and in the last few hours, candidates are scrambling to reach as many of those voters as possible. you have to get it done quickly. we have to set the stage. think of the fact that you might be making history in this moment. we are the nation s best days actually still be ahead of us. here in iowa, you have the ability to change the trajectory of american politics. tonight will come down to the one word we use each and every election day turnout. who can get the most voters out. the record-breaking cold weather here in iowa will make that even harder than ever before. take a look at the scene outside right now. subzero temperatures, dangerous conditions complicating travel to the caucus sites. 1,657 separate caucus sites across the state. it is a crucia
Though. Theres something i want to show you that really blew my mind, dana. I think youll appreciate this, too. Lets look at these two northwestern counties right here. Well dig in to lyon county, which is very evangelical. Donald trump didnt even finish in the top three in 2016. It was ted cruz, march coMarco Rubio. Sioux county, ben carson, Donald Trump not among the top three in these heavily evangelical counties. That is not what we expect this time. The Des Moines register poll has Donald Trump with the majority of evangelical support. So, that could look very different. While we have 2016 up here, let me give you one more comparison here. Nikki haley is running a campaign i think Jeff Zeleny said this a little like the Marco Rubio model. Its hard to tell because Rubio And Trump are both red. You can see Marco Rubio won in Des Moines, In Ames where Iowa State University is, iowa city,