{"id":3444,"date":"2024-01-06T04:56:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T04:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/river-gas.com\/?p=3444"},"modified":"2024-01-06T04:56:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T04:56:08","slug":"trump-increases-polling-lead-in-iowa-ahead-of-first-republican-contest-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/river-gas.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/06\/trump-increases-polling-lead-in-iowa-ahead-of-first-republican-contest-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump increases polling lead in Iowa ahead of first Republican contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

For 2024 U.S. election stories, results and data: website<\/p>\n

By Tim Reid<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dec 11 (Reuters) – Donald Trump has a huge and expanded lead over his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination in a new poll in Iowa, the state that kicks off the party’s nominating contest<\/a> on Jan. 15.<\/p>\n

The former president has 51% first-choice support from people likely to take part in the Iowa caucuses next month, according to a NBC News\/Des Moines Register\/Mediacom poll released on Monday, up from 43% in the same poll conducted in October.<\/p>\n

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has 19% first-choice support in the poll – up from 16% in October – while former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley is at 16%, unchanged since the last poll.<\/p>\n

Iowa uses a different system to pick presidential candidates than most other states where a traditional ballot is employed. Voters in Iowa – or caucus goers – will gather for several hours in thousands of locations on Jan. 15 to debate the candidates before ranking them. Polling Iowans’ first-choice preference is the best indicator of candidates’ support.<\/p>\n

Despite myriad legal problems – he faces multiple criminal charges over his role in the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, hush money payments to a porn hd<\/a> star, and stolen classified documents – Trump is currently the runaway frontrunner to secure the Republican presidential nomination to face Democratic President Joe Biden in next November’s election, a likely re-match of the 2020 contest.<\/p>\n

J. Ann Selzer, a veteran Iowa pollster who conducted the survey, called Trump’s lead in Iowa “commanding”.<\/p>\n

Trump’s lead in Iowa is fueled by majorities of evangelical and first-time likely caucus goers, and by nearly three-quarters of Republicans who believe Trump can beat Biden next year, according to the poll.<\/p>\n

Trump is also enjoying commanding leads over his Republican rivals in national polls and in New Hampshire, the second state to vote in the Republican nominating contest on Jan. 23.<\/p>\n

\"Free(Reporting by Tim Reid, Editing by Nick Zieminski)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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