ago? i didn t stop voting until 20. until 2020, for donald trump? right. are you involved because of donald trump? no. so are you going to be a first time caucus goer? yeah. yeah. i couldn t stand politics at all. but when i ve seen them all attacking trump, and really i was just like why are they checking trump? the campaign has put an emphasis on turning out folks like that, see these first-time caucus goers, folks who are even involved eight years ago in the state of iowa. and betsy, she told me look, she s got family and friends that are also going to be engaging for the first time. she said she doesn t know a single desantis or haley supporter that she could call a family or a friend, yeah, that s got to be a tough one to hear if you are in either of those campaigns, mark, which kind of begs the question based on the latest polls, the ones actually before the caucus starts tomorrow, what if
her, on a very, very competitive race for second place. all right, vaughn hillyard, mark marie in iowa, starting us off this hour. gentlemen, thank you to the both of you. with us now, former illinois republican congressman joe walsh, he is the host of white flag with joe walsh. also, molly jong-fast, special correspondent for vanity fair, and host of fast politics podcast. great to have both of you with us, to try to make sense of all of this. joe, i ll start with you. by all accounts, trump, as we said, as we have been saying, expected to claim victory tomorrow. how much does the margin of that when matter to him, matter to whoever comes in second place? i ayman, good to be with you. i don t know that it matters. look, this may be the worst thing to say the night before the iowa caucuses, but this has never been a race, this has never been a contest. nikki haley and ron desantis have never been running against donald trump.
about abortion. that is what calling it abortion politics, that s what democrats need to be campaigning on. is that what the numbers are telling us? overall, our polls show that 61% of our voters say that they disapprove of the dobbs decision that overturned roe v. wade versus 36% who approve the breaking it down among key segments of the population, you have suburban women. 66% of them say they disapprove of the dobbs decision. importantly, a third of republicans say that they ended up disapproving, some 31%. that has striking takeaways but it s also a matter of intensity. you have 87% of democrats who strongly disapprove with the dobbs decision versus just 52% of republicans strongly approving. that s a 35 point gap in intensity. wow, mark marie, fascinating stuff there. thank you.
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