including the weather right now. it is here. decision day in iowa. good afternoon. i am erin burnett in washington. i am in new york. we want to welcome you to live coverage of the iowa caucuses. we are counting down to the official start of the first contest in the republican presidential race. we want to confuse people. washington, you are in new york. everybody, get ready. the battle for iowa taking place against those record cold temperatures we have been talking about. some places in iowa, the real feel temperature is 35 below zero, which has not stopped the candidates in a contest all about turnout trying to get every single person out they can. these final hours, they have been making one case for the candidacies. we know that this is how we are going to get our country on track. remember, today is the day we make history. i am running on your issues and family issues to turn this country around. here is what is interesting. you did not see trump, right? he
Those are counties won by marco rubio. He won here. Not by a lot he won. If Nikki Haley is going to surprise us tonight, its going to come from the rubio places, The Suburbs. That is one place i will be watching tonight. I want to come over the eastern part of the state. Can Donald Trump rebuild his support amongst suburbanites . To do that, you have to start with republicans. Davenport, The Suburbs around in 2016. Trump came in at a close second. That is where Donald Trump suffered in The Suburbs. Do we see any seeds for trump in these places . Work and be watching all this places and 96 more. Live pictures out of iowa where across the state, the weather is going to have a huge
Take from past i would results that is instructive on what youre looking for tonight . Number one is trumps hold on the party. He lost iowa in 2016 but that was the first act in his Hostile Takeover Of The Republic and party. It is his party now. The three places i might be watching tonight. I will circle them and i will tell you why. We come in here and we go out here. Why am i picking these places . Lets go back to 2016. Ted cruz won iowa. Just barely. 28 . Let me start in the west. This is one of the places donald trump won. Not by a lot but four point over ted cruz. One question is in these conservative places, nebraska, south dakota. Does trump build on what he did in 2016 . Has he solidified . How much has he grown . That is a big question for me tonight. Then we come into the middle of the state. Look at these counties
Including the weather right now. It is here. Decision day in iowa. Good afternoon. I am Erin Burnett in washington. I am in new york. We want to welcome you to live coverage of the iowa caucuses. We are counting down to the official start of the first contest in the republican president ial race. We want to confuse people. Washington, you are in new york. Everybody, get ready. The battle for iowa taking place against those record cold temperatures we have been talking about. Some places in iowa, the real Feel Temperature is 35 below zero, which has not stopped the candidates in a contest all about turnout trying to get every single person out they can. These final hours, they have been making one case for the candidacies. We know that this is how we
Right now and yet, the whole Point Today for each of these candidates is to get people to go out. How do you think this Place Tonight . Look. I think the road Conditions Stuff is more important than the ambient temperature. Ms. Midwesterners go out in the cold a lot. They like to wear shorts when they should not be. They get to bring their coats. This is the thing that midwesterners take pride in. But objectively, if the roads are not in good shape. Look. Its not going to play out for everybody the same way. Nikki Haley Spalling says her core voters are less enthusiastic and trumps motors but trumps voters are first time voters and Ron Desantis has much more built out ground game. You can see it affecting things in different ways and different places