A.G. Gancarski
Ron DeSantis keeps saying he’s “sick” of the polls lately, but a new Iowa survey probably won’t let the healing begin.
On the heels of a poll showing Donald Trump with a 32-point lead over the Florida Governor ahead of the Jan. 15 caucuses, a new Civiqs-conducted survey from Iowa State University shows an even bigger lead for the former President, with 54% of the 438 respondents saying they would caucus for Trump.
DeSantis is the choice of 17% of those polled, actually losing a point since the November survey. Meanwhile, Nikki Haley has gained ground, moving from 12% to 15%.
“The big takeaway, aside from Trump’s sizeable lead, is that the other candidates are running out of time, and it doesn’t look like there’s a lot of potential for Iowans to change their mind going into January,” says Political Science Professor Dave Peterson, who organized the ISU/Civiqs poll.
The poll isn’t all negative for DeSantis. Less than 10% of respondents say they’d be opposed to a DeSantis nomination, and he’s the top second-choice candidate, with 25% seeing him as their backup plan. But there are no indications in the data of anything but Trump dominance, despite the Governor having bet largely on a strong performance in the state.
DeSantis spent much of the summer and fall completing the much-hyped “Full Grassley” by visiting all 99 counties in the state and brokered endorsements from Gov. Kim Reynolds and evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats.
Additionally, Casey DeSantis made news last week by urging “moms and grandmoms” to “descend upon the state of Iowa to be a part of the caucus because you do not have to be a resident of Iowa to be able to participate in the caucus.”
However, Iowa’s caucuses are restricted to the state’s residents, leaving the First Lady to attempt to clean up her comments shortly thereafter, in a self-inflicted wound that seems symbolic of the Governor’s Iowa campaign, trying harder than all others yet still underperforming expectations.
13 comments
Dont Say FLA
December 14, 2023 at 4:35 pm
Rhonda’s “sick” of the polls?
There’s a surefire way to stop polling so low, Rhonda.
It’s way past time. Your PAC gave up. Your original campaign staff gave up. It’s time. Drop out. Just do it.
Julia
December 14, 2023 at 5:36 pm
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Cheesy Floridian
December 14, 2023 at 7:26 pm
He can just go away.
God, Country and Florida
December 14, 2023 at 9:19 pm
AG GanDEMOCRAT (Dem/Democrat) getting his little pecker hard now! Lying with a biased poll.
Not a D
December 15, 2023 at 12:06 am
FYI he’s a Republican.
Look it up.
Better look for a fact-based excuse for why DeMented is going down in flames.
God, Country, and Florida
December 15, 2023 at 1:05 am
You’re honestly saying AG GanDEMOCRAT (the author of this piece) (Dem/Democrat) is a Republican? Really? Oh, bless your heart!
Tom
December 15, 2023 at 8:05 am
It really doesn’t change the fact that Desantis is getting hammered by Trump in every single poll out there. To quote something I read elsewhere:
“And while DeSantis’s downward trajectory recalls the sad arcs of Rudy Giuliani in the 2008 presidential race and Scott Walker eight years later, a big part of the explanation is peculiar to him. It’s a deficit of joy.
His joylessness is why it’s so unpleasant to watch him, whether he’s at a lectern or a state fair, dressed up or dressed down, demonizing school teachers or migrants or Mickey Mouse.”
He’s basically a miserable bastard and people just don’t like him.
Rick Whitaker
December 16, 2023 at 11:14 am
g,c, and f, i think you are a fake earl p[itts type character. give it up billy purser aka gary burbank, we know how fake and annoying you are.
Mother Superior Slapshot, Bishop Hedman Academy
December 15, 2023 at 4:40 pm
Oh my goodness, Mister God, Country and Florida, you certainly wear your Fruit of the Looms a few sizes too small. Glad that works for you and makes you feel like a big man, bless your heart.
Rick Whitaker
December 15, 2023 at 8:51 pm
mother superior, god, country, and florida may be a fake earl pitts persona, it sounds like his humorless cornball style
Michael K
December 14, 2023 at 10:06 pm
Iowa is sick if Ronda. We all are.
My Take
December 15, 2023 at 5:24 am
DoofSSantis cannot quit.
Trump may fall, outside the.election.
Prison is my hòpe.
My Take
December 16, 2023 at 4:33 am
How does it all end?
Probably Biden-Trump.
Probably Biden wins again . Clearly.
What do Trump/MAGA/GOP do?
Ŕiot again? Còllapse?
Hard to see a calm outcome.
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