exponentially, his political rtes are growing and growing as well. it s coming into clear vw today just how much he is dominating the nomination fight. a brand-new poll shows he has a 37-point lead over his next closest republican rival. that is 37 points ahead of governor ron desantis in the new york times survey of likely republican primary voters, and more than 50 points ahead of the rest of the pack. so, this, of course, is going on, two impeachments, two criminal indictments, as we are seeing here, as this is continuing, weighing what republican voters here are going to decide. i m joined tonight by one of those republican candidates in the race, former arkansas governor, asa hutchinson. thank you so much for being here tonight. the republican front runner said he believes he s going to be indicted any day now. why aren t these indictments hurting him with your party s voters? well, they are. i think even though he has a grip right now on the campaign, on his candidacy, it s a
tonight trump is predicting that his next indictment is imminent. any day now is the way he warded it in a no post on social media and of course with other target letters and other indictments, he has been the one to tell us about them. though his legal problems seem to be growing, and amounting exponentially, his political fortunes are growing and growing as well. it s coming into clear view today just how m is dominating the nomination fight. a brand-new poll shows that he has a 37 point lead over his next closest republican rival. florida governor ron desantis, in a new york times cnn poll of kely republican voters, and more than 50 points ahead of the rest of the pack. so as this of course is going on too, impeachments, to criminal indictments as we are seeing here, as this is in continuing, weighing what republican voters are gonna decide.
winning over a lot of those evangelical voters. iowa s really key to stopping donald trump. this nomination fight would be effectively over, and so if you are ron desantis, if you are tim scott, nikki haley, it s got to start first this iowa. victoria. what do you see as the challenges mark was just speaking about, desantis, haley, scott and others trying to chip away at trump s base of support. it is time, and even though six months does seem like a lot of time, when you have a front runner like donald trump with such an advantage, it is going to be difficult. i mean, i think the date of the iowa caucus being so early is going to hurt, and these are candidates who are going to have to be on the ground. the flip side is you don t need a ton of money. when you get into the big media market, your super tuesday
more social media reaction. what do we have? he was right. he should shoot someone on fifth avenue and not lose a vote. truly amazing. eric, at least when it comes to the nomination fight, that seems to be the case. not that it ought to be a factor, but you have to believe it s entered the mind of the fullton county da that if she indicts him, those numbers could go up even higher. time will tell. jack smith still seems to be aggressively pursuing other leads. there could be multiple indictments still to come. i want to remind you to answer this week s poll question at smerconish county. which is more cruel and unusual? finding the homeless or leaving them alone? still to come, as soon as the supreme court put an end to affirmative action in college applications, a lawsuit was filed to end legacy admissions at harvard. i get it. but t i m wary of ending the
in april he was polling at 46%. he s up 5 points. and it s not a matter of too much competition as some proposed, as in what if the field narrows. even in a narrow two-candidate field, nbc says trump beats desantis 60 to 36. what does the wagering tell us? joining me to talk more about it is co-founder and ceo john aristotle phillips. welcome become. your betting market for the gop nomination, it seems to resemble the current polling, but it s got trump running even stronger against desantis. tell me what you see in the gop nomination fight. so in the republican nomination fight, it s interesting. you have trump, as you point out, with a commanding lead. desantis has done he had a rough launch to his campaign. he s at 22% odds at this point.