Ron DeSantis touts Iowa caucus commitments

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Can 20,000 Hawkeye State Republicans be wrong?

Gov. Ron DeSantis is betting heavily on the Hawkeye State during his 2024 presidential run.

As he continues campaigning through the state’s 99 counties, the Republican candidate is touting his caucus commitments as something that may not come across in polls, but that he nonetheless expects to matter next year when Iowans make their presidential selections known.

“We think by the end of today, we will have already signed up 20,000 (to) commit to caucus. And to put that in perspective, that was more than every candidate except three got in 2016 on the actual caucus night. And here we are with, you know, more than 90 days left to go,” DeSantis said on WHO’s “Today in Iowa” Saturday.

While 20,000 is a formidable number of commitments, DeSantis will have a ways to go to hit the number amassed by Iowa winner Ted Cruz in 2016, when he pulled 51,666 Iowa voters. Donald Trump had more than 45,000 Iowans turn out for him, meanwhile, and Marco Rubio had more than 43,000 supporting him.

DeSantis is in Iowa all day Saturday for a series of events that are being staged by the Never Back Down super PAC, including multiple town halls and other stops.

A new Iowa State University/Civiqs poll shows that he has ground to make up in the state, meanwhile. While the Governor’s 17% support locks up second place for the moment, it still puts him far behind front runner Trump, who has 58% support.

The Race to the White House polling average for the state finds Trump ahead of DeSantis also, but by a somewhat less formidable margin: 48% to 17%.

Polls notwithstanding, DeSantis tells WHO he’s confident based on what he’s hearing from people who have seen the Iowa process before.

“People have told me who have been involved with previous winners of the caucuses the last three times we’ve had contested Republican caucuses,” DeSantis said, “They say, ‘Man, you’re way ahead of where the winners were at the time.'”

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. His work also can be seen in the Washington Post, the New York Post, the Washington Times, and National Review, among other publications. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


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  • My Take

    October 14, 2023 at 6:51 pm

    ĎeSSlantis more toots.

    • DEBRA

      October 14, 2023 at 10:23 pm

      🤣 🤣

    • M. Mouse

      October 16, 2023 at 11:16 am

      That’s our little man with a a horn alright! Like a three year old who’s getting on mommy’s nerves!
      Squeak!

  • Rick Whitaker

    October 15, 2023 at 7:09 am

    why can’t he read the hand writing on the wall that says nobody likes you punk

  • Sonja Fitch

    October 16, 2023 at 6:36 am

    Lol. Desantis is so gullible! Desantis believes he has a chance! Desantis you are just like all of the MAGA cult! Wasting Florida Tax Payer Money traveling around with your delusions of grandeur! Get out Desantis !

  • Biscuit

    October 16, 2023 at 11:11 am

    Newsflash. Two polls out of Iowa show that somewhere between 48 and 58 percent of respondents are waffling morons, while another 17% are rock solid idiots.
    Arf.

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