officially opens in 24 hours in iowa, where it s cold outside, but the race for the republican presidential nomination is catching fire. right now, the leading gop contenders are making their final pitches to voters, ahead of tomorrow s caucuses in the state. and despite facing a mounting of legal issues, donald trump appears to be the overwhelming favorites, pulling nearly 30 points ahead of his closest rivals, nikki haley and ron desantis. according to the latest nbc news des moines iowa, des moines register iowa poll, out of iowa, in just a few minutes, i ll talk to the chair of the democratic national committee about that. and, about iowa, and about the caucuses colliding with martin luther king holiday tomorrow. and about what his party needs to do, to not just unify against the eventual republican nominee, but to bring disaffected democrats, black voters specifically, back into the fold, ahead of november. let s check on the latest from iowa, however, with nbc s priscil
the democratic party has been defunded. it s hard to get blacks, minorities, martino s, to participate. you know, i wanted to south carolina, i love the state, and one thing to propelled forward just as much as i want my state to propelled forward. but again, you don t have to rob peter to pay paul. the state is doing its daily diligence to figure out ways to get people engaged, while the party mechanism may not be the mechanism that gets us engaged right now, it s something that means something to so many people. the state is 85% white, but man, the minority population that represents that 15% is strong, and it is mighty. that evidence is shown not only in the 2008 presidential election, but historically. and this is the first state to desegregate schools. this is the first place to place a woman we ve done so many things in the state throughout history, and that underscores the power that we have.