Nikki haley did edge ron desantis, and she leads him by four percentage points. But that is within the Polls Margin of error. And jonathan, i think its important to note, its a really competitive contest for second place. But i think youre exactly right. The stakes for ron desantis, him being able to finish second instead of third place, are so important for his campaign. He has the endorsement from the states sitting governor, kim reynolds. Hes traveled to all 99 of iowas counties. He has the organization and the money. And, so a third Place Finish would be disastrous for him. So, i think those are the stakes going into Tomorrow Night for him. No doubt about it. You know, mark, theres a bunch of numbers in the poll that jumped out at me. One of them has to do with the fact that governor Nikki Haley saw the largest jump in support, but only 9 of her supporters are, quote, extremely enthusiastic compared to 23 of the scientists supporters and 49 of trump supporters. Favorability, unfavo
Iowa caucus is my allstar panel. Rachel political strategist, joan walsh, national Affairs Correspondent at the nation, and President And Founder of and an msnbc political analyst. Rachel, i am coming to you, because maybe im overly fixated on the poll numbers here, in terms of enthusiasm, in terms of unfavorability, unfavorability. Weve shown that only 9 of Nikki Haley supporters say that they are, quote, extremely enthusiastic about her candidacy. I want to play something that Nikki Haley said with regard to that, and then talk more about this on the other side. What i am going to say is, the momentum and the energy on the ground is strong. We feel it, we know that this is moving in the right direction. And to me, the only numbers that matter are the ones that we are going up, and everyone else went down. That shows that we are doing the right thing
rachel, i am coming to you, because maybe i m overly fixated on the poll numbers here, in terms of enthusiasm, in terms of unfavorability, unfavorability. we ve shown that only 9% of nikki haley supporters say that they, are quote, extremely enthusiastic about her candidacy. i want to play something that nikki haley said, with regard to that, and then talking about more about this on the other side. what i am going to say is, the momentum and the energy on the ground is strong. we feel it, we know that this is moving in the right direction. and to me, the only numbers that matter are the ones that are going up, and everyone else went down. that shows that we are doing the right thing. i think islands will decide in tomorrow. and with that, rachel, her favor billet-y is at 48%, that s down 11 points from the polling in december. people who say that they are
momentum in a horse race setting, but at the same time unfavorability is something we re looking at here to, and i think that s one of the things that i see burying up the headline that you talk about. garrett, we also have is new cbs poll, and that shows haley doing the best in a hypothetical with biden. has the trump camp reacted to that this poll yet? as you called it a phony poll yet? even though he is leading biden t, but we have to know, just by two points. yeah, there s very little donald trump likes to talk about perhaps what he calls fake polls. i think that falls into that category, he talked often about polls that show haley outperforming him against joe biden. this is something where it s the trump campaign, and i think even the biden campaign would largely agree, that it so deep theoretical with haley s second place early nominating states. someone who hasn t even been through the wringer that it takes to be nominated, is someone who has. i think the trump campai
important for his campaign. he has the endorsement from the states sitting governor, kim reynolds. he s traveled to all 99 of iowa s counties. he has the organization and the money. and, so a third place finish would be disastrous for him. so, i think those are the stakes going into tomorrow night for him. no doubt about it. you know, mark, there s a bunch of numbers in the poll that jumped out at me. one of them has to do with the fact that governor nikki haley saw the largest jump in support, but only 9% of her supporters are, quote, extremely enthusiastic compared to 23% of the scientists supporters and 49% of trump supporters. favorability, unfavorability, nikki haley s favor ability is that unfavorability as at 46. and that s an 11-point drop unfavorability. but for ron desantis, he s at 58%. the long way around for me to