A.G. Gancarski
A polling operation affiliated with Gov. Ron DeSantis is proclaiming victory for the Florida Governor after last week’s GOP presidential debate — at least as far as Iowa Republicans are concerned.
The survey of 400 Hawkeye State Republicans from the Citizen Awareness Project, conducted by Public Opinion Strategies on Sept. 28 and 29, shows that “Iowa caucus-goers, especially those who watched, say Ron DeSantis won this week’s GOP debate.”
While 25% of all respondents say the Governor won, that number jumps to 40% when just people who actually watched the debate are compelled to respond. That 40% nearly doubles Nikki Haley’s 21% and is more than double the 15% who believe Vivek Ramaswamy won.
DeSantis, per the polling memo, is viewed as the “strongest on border security” and “best able to defeat Donald Trump” by more than 40% of likely caucus goers.
The memo also postulates that DeSantis was +12 in image improvement, as compared to Ramaswamy, Mike Pence and the absent Donald Trump, who saw attrition; they are -9, -12, and -14, respectively, compared to the previous poll.
The new internal poll is the latest piece of news from Iowa suggesting that the Governor still has a path in the state. A CBS News survey released last week showed DeSantis above 20% in the state, though 30 points behind Trump.
DeSantis’ campaign has depicted its Iowa effort as a “drive toward victory.” The DeSantis team’s confidence that Iowa is a “two-man race” is rooted in Trump’s Make America Great Again super PAC spending again against the Governor in Iowa, after taking a break from expenditures during the summer.
“Trump has shot himself in the foot in Iowa and opened the door, and Ron DeSantis is about to kick it down. The hard work the Governor is putting in now to complete the ‘Full Grassley’ is going to pay dividends in the long-run and allow us to drive toward victory,” wrote spokesman Andrew Romeo last week.
5 comments
My Take
October 2, 2023 at 3:58 pm
Not all the “MOOs” in Iowa come from the hooved.
Earl Pitts "Be More Earl-like In All You Do" American
October 2, 2023 at 4:13 pm
Good afternoon genteel readership,
I, Earl Pitts American, cant help but to notice many of the 1/2 baked scatter-brained comments most of you Dook 4 Brains Lefty’s are laying down here at our beloved on line host F. P.
FYI not only are you embarassing yourselves by putting your Dook 4 Brains so clearly on display you are also an embarrasment to F. P.
So Lefty’s we are asking you to take a 3 day pause from posting and during those 3 days everyone is to study one of our top posters here at F. P.
In your studies look carefully how our top poster’s stay on topic, have superior spelling and puncuation, and dispense both wisdom and knowledge to a world thirsty for such wisdom and knowledge.
The poster you (the reader) have been randomally selected to study is Earl Pitts American.
Try to emulate Earl’s style, skills, and basically try to be more and more like Earl with each passing day. What we suggust is starting each glorious day with Earl at the top of your mind. In everything you do pause and ask yourself “how would Earl do this”? This can apply to making coffee, cooking toast, taking a mornting squeeze, brushing your teeth, ect…
Do this as laid out and get ready to meet The New You on Friday mornting.
Thank you America,
EPA
*I hope you were one of the lucky ones to be assigned to study Earl Pitts American*
Earl Pitts "Be More Earl-like In All You Do" American
October 2, 2023 at 4:44 pm
….. America an important aid twoards bettering yourself to becoming more like Earl is to constantly sing this song (Titled “More Like Earl”) outloud when possable or quietly to yourself when you must. The melody is that old Kum-By-Ya song and it goes like this:
More like Earl my Lord more like Earl – More like Earl my Lord more like Earl – More like Earl my Lord more like Earl – Oh Lord more like Earl
*go back to the top and begin again and again and again all the live long day*
[tm patent pending you are not allowed to use “More Like Earl” in a money making endevor without Earl’s permission]
Joe
October 2, 2023 at 11:04 pm
Fake 1st place in a contest that doesn’t matter, congrats Tiny D!
Paul
October 3, 2023 at 6:05 pm
Tell me this guy isn’t angling for Governor once DeSantis is gone. And his dad getting back in…
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