{"id":2006864,"date":"2023-08-21T11:56:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T15:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-dominates-iowa-despite-feud-with-governor-but-sliver-of-hope-for-desantis-poll\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T11:58:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T15:58:54","slug":"trump-dominates-iowa-despite-feud-with-governor-but-sliver-of-hope-for-desantis-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-dominates-iowa-despite-feud-with-governor-but-sliver-of-hope-for-desantis-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump wins Iowa despite feud with governor, DeSantis shows promise: Poll."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-dominates-iowa-despite-feud-with-governor-but-sliver-of-hope-for-desantis-poll%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2006864&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Trump Maintains Strong Lead in Iowa Polling<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump continues to dominate\u2063 the competition in new\u2064 polling of \u2064likely Iowa Republican\u2062 caucusgoers, defying predictions that his controversial campaign decisions would hinder him.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d the first Des Moines Register\/NBC News\/Mediacom Iowa poll, Trump emerged as the overwhelming \u200dfirst choice for\u2064 caucusgoers,\u200d garnering 42% of \u200dthe support. \u200dWhile he may not be the top\u2062 pick for the majority \u200dof Republicans, he still \u200cholds a significant advantage over his opponents.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump Leads\u200d the Pack<\/h3>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) emerged\u200d as the first choice \u2064for 19% of likely caucusgoers, but Trump maintains a commanding\u200c 23-point lead over his closest competitor. Other candidates failed to break into double digits, with Sen. \u2064Tim Scott (R-SC) coming in at 9%.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to\u200b the poll, \u200cDeSantis campaign spokesman \u2064Andrew Romeo\u200b stated, &#8220;Donald Trump is leaving the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-markle-accuses-royal-family-of-perpetuating-lies-mocks-them-as-the-firm\/\" title=\"Meghan Markle Accuses Royal Family Of Perpetuating Lies, Mocks Them As \u2018The Firm\u2019\">door wide open<\/a> in the Hawkeye State, and we are capitalizing. The more Iowans see Ron DeSantis in-person, the more his message to reverse our nation\u2019s decline and revive the American Dream will continue to resonate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although DeSantis saw\u2063 an increase in\u2064 support compared to national numbers, he still lags significantly behind Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Some \u2064strategists had\u200b anticipated \u200da decline in Trump&#8217;s support \u200din the state due to perceived missteps.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Trump was notably \u200dabsent from The 2023 \u2064FAMiLY \u2063Leadership Summit, a gathering hosted by an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-dominates-iowa-despite-feud-with-governor-but-sliver-of-hope-for-desantis-poll\/\" title=\"Trump wins Iowa despite feud with governor, DeSantis shows promise: Poll.\">influential socially conservative organization<\/a>. The \u2062event was attended by many of Trump&#8217;s primary race opponents, including DeSantis, former Vice President Mike\u2064 Pence, Scott, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley,\u200d and Vivek Ramaswamy, among \u200bothers. Trump had offered \u2063to send Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as a surrogate, but this was rejected by the Family Leader president and CEO Bob\u2062 Vander Plaats.<\/p>\n<p>Vander \u2063Plaats, a prominent conservative Christian leader \u200cin the state,\u2062 recently suggested that voters are ready to move on from the former\u2064 president.<\/p>\n<p>However, this sentiment\u2064 does not seem\u200b to\u2064 resonate with evangelicals, as Trump remains highly favored among this religious group,\u2063 with 74%\u200d support. DeSantis, on\u200d the other hand,\u200d closely rivals \u2063Trump&#8217;s favorability \u200dwith evangelicals, boasting 73%. The Florida governor \u200chas maintained a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-touts-meeting-with-gop-lawmakers-future-of-the-party\/\" title=\"Pence touts meeting with GOP lawmakers, future of the party\">strong relationship<\/a>\u2063 with Vander Plaats, unlike Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Despite engaging in a feud\u2062 with Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA),\u2062 which led some\u2064 strategists to believe that Iowa Republicans might seek an \u200balternative\u2064 candidate, \u2064Trump&#8217;s \u2062lead in \u2064the latest poll\u2063 remains strong, surpassing \u200b20 points.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as candidates like DeSantis and Scott have established robust grassroots efforts in Iowa, hoping to capitalize on\u200d perceived mistakes made\u2062 by\u200c Trump. While both men received more \u2063support from Iowans in\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/support-for-newsom-recall-rises-californians-now-split-poll\/\" title=\"Support For Newsom Recall Rises, Californians Now Split: Poll\">poll compared<\/a> to national data, it still falls short of posing\u200d a real challenge to the former president.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Trump has spent considerably less time on the ground in Iowa, but this does not \u2063seem to deter his\u2062 supporters. Additionally, he recently announced that he will not\u200c be \u2064attending the \u200bRepublican National Committee&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ian-sams-former-kamala-aide-and-grillary-clinton-apron-model-lands-new-gig-as-bidens-covid-spox\/\" title=\"Ian Sams, Former Kamala Aide and \u2018Grillary Clinton\u2019 Apron Model, Lands New Gig as Biden\u2019s COVID Spox\">primary debate<\/a> on Wednesday. DeSantis&#8217;s campaign \u2063criticized\u2064 this decision, emphasizing the importance\u200b of \u2063candidates showing up to earn the support of \u200dvoters. However,\u2063 if the new Iowa\u200b data are any indication, Trump may not need to be\u2064 physically present to maintain his support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more \u200dfrom The Washington\u2062 Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>predicted to win, Trump still holds a commanding lead in the first Iowa poll. Despite concerns over controversial campaign decisions, he remains the preferred choice of likely Republican caucusgoers, with 42% support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2006865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2006864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2006864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2006865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2006864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2006864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2006864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}