barnett s headquarters in elizabethtown, pennsylvania, some 90 miles west of philly. alexandra, what can you tell? l allura, things have slowed down just a bit here as a barn headquarters. kathy barnett and her supporters engaged in a prayer circle right now behind me. i and a shortn time ago the crowd in the candidateci, they were engaged in a dancing the macarena. so it s been it s been a night full of hope, especially here the barnett camp because unexpected things have happened in this raceesd, namely garnetta rise in popularity that happenedrn earlier this month and really that came from the supreme court draft opinion leak of roe v. wade as it really points herself to l be the pro-life candidateif. so she thought a lot of momentum there. the question still now, didid that leadn turnout at the polls? th and that is remainsat to be seee but as you mentioned, still a lot of hope in this room right now for volusia county. laura alexandria, thanks for that . and now to brian
donald trump is fundamentally an antiestablishment candidate. he has a populist candidate, he runs against elites, he runs against immigration and he has the slogan mate make america great again . it is a call to return to tradition, to an america of the past. and that really resonates here in iowa. this is a state which in a lot of respects looks like the america of the past. 0ur population looks like that. it is also a state where rural communities are struggling, weather has been a lot ofjob loss and so i think those core messages from him really resonate. you don t hear people talking about particular issues as much as sort of those core themes we hear from trump again and again. themes we hear from trump again and aain. ., , ., and again. personality and identity certainly. - and again. personality and identity certainly. brad, i identity certainly. brad, coming back to you. given the whole donald trump has on this race in iowa, in all of the races at this point, where does th
there are large numbers of white voters in the state and it looks a lot like the republican coalition. it is a state that s always, um, in which donald trump has always done well. going back to 2016, he won iowa after it had voted for barack obama twice. and so i really think iowa today is at the heart of the republican coalition. to follow up on that, peter, what issues are driving voters there the most? it is an interesting race. i don t really think of it as an issue based race. donald trump is fundamentally an antiestablishment candidate. he has a populist candidate, he runs against elites, he runs against immigration and he has the slogan, of course, make america great again . it is a call to return to tradition, to an america of the past. and that really resonates here in iowa. this is a state which in a lot of respects looks like
Argentina has been pummeled by one economic crisis after another for a generation. It has the third-highest inflation rate in the world and a bad habit of defaulting on debt, and 40% of its population is living in poverty.
and we want low inflation and a strong dollar. these issues are going to carry us to victory in november if we unite as you say. and i will also add to this there are no more democratn populists.s. everyrydemocratnies single one of them backs big tech corruption. every single one of them that s big business, open borders, every single one of them backs big business, woke corporatism, populismbu dead in the democrat party if you want a populist candidate, republicans are the only game in town. well, that s what we said on the angle and monica, again, this idea of open borders open trade with china, endless war , young people don t want it. i don t think the people of pennsylvania want it. people in north carolina don tn seem to be cheering it, but it kind of the top four guys in the republican party are still like it s 2004 all over again. yeah. i mean they re acting likes in s just 20 years ago. ai you re exactly right. but they don t recognize or refuse to recognize is