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Haley ties for second with DeSantis while Trump leads in Iowa poll – Times of India

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Haley ties for second with DeSantis while Trump leads in Iowa poll – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: In the race for the next President of the United States, Indian American former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley‘s ranking jumped to the second position and is tied with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in Iowa, a new poll reveals.
DeSantis and Haley both have stood on 16% support, which is a 10 % hike for the ex-South Carolina Governor but a 3 % drop for the California Governor, as compared to the previous polls, The New York Post reported.
These data still can’t impact the former President’s position as Donald Trump standing way ahead of them in the Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa Poll. The data revealed that Trump, 77, has the support of 43% of likely Republican caucus-goers. And notably, this is up by one percentage point from what the same survey showed in late August.
Surprisingly, no other candidate has reached double digits in the support percentage. Right now, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) is at 7% — while biotech entrepreneur, Indian American Vivek Ramaswamy and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie checked in at 4% each.
“You just have [Haley] rising. You have DeSantis kind of holding on for second place,” J. Ann Selzer, president of the Selzer & Co. polling firm, told the Des Moines Register. “But both of them are on ground that you could only describe as shaky compared to the solid ground that Donald Trump stands on.
Nearly two-thirds, 63%, of Trump supporters said their mind was made up to support the 45th president, though 54% of all likely GOP caucus-goers said they could be persuaded to back someone other than their first choice, and only 41% of that cohort said their pick was set.
According to a post on the social media account by Jay Cost of the American Enterprise Institute, the poll indicates that just 27% of likely Iowa Republican caucus-goers are firmly in the Trump camp.
Whenever asked for the second choice, 27 % of likely caucus-goers said DeSantis, 17% said Haley, 12% said Trump, 10% said Scott and 9% said Ramaswamy, as per The New York Post.
The former president also had the largest share of “very favorable” ratings among poll respondents at 42%, compared to DeSantis’ 29% and Haley’s 25%.
“This solid ground is what makes people want to say he’s invincible,” Selzer told the Register of Trump. Both DeSantis and Haley have plowed resources into their Iowa campaign operations in the hope of overtaking Trump in the January 15 caucuses.
Haley and DeSantis have recently increased their attacks on one another over the Israel-Hamas war, and both have spent significant retail politicking time in the Hawkeye State. DeSantis’ campaign views a win in the state as a way for voters to see the race as between him and Trump and plans to hit all 99 Iowa counties to shore up support.
Meanwhile, former Vice President Mike Pence’s percentage dropped from the race after failing to gain traction in the competitive field. The poll showed Pence at 2%, down from 6% in August, reported The New York Post.
The Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom poll surveyed 404 likely Republican caucus-goers via telephone from Oct. 22 to 26 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9%.



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