Top Democrats did not react to Donald Trump’s crushing win in the Iowa caucuses on Monday with the dismay that might have been expected. Instead, the victory of the twice-impeached, 91-times criminally charged former president was heralded as an early beginning to the battle for the White House itself.
Called early, Trump’s victory came by 30 points over the hard-right Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, who edged the former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley for second. Only one of 99 Iowa counties did not go for Trump: Johnson county, which includes the University of Iowa, was won by Haley, the relative moderate left in the race – by a single vote.
Responding to Trump’s win, and using an acronym for Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America great again”, Biden told followers: “Here’s the thing: this election was always going to be you and me versus extreme Maga Republicans. It was true yesterday and it’ll be true tomorrow.”
at this point, does anyone have a reliable idea of how many undecided voters there really are who could have an influence on the outcome of the election? or is it, at this point, for the Dems, simply about motivating non-voters to get off their asses and vote?
i just have a hard time imagining that there are very many people left who haven’t already decided who they’re voting for.
I did see this: https://thehill.com/elections/4408071-almost-half-of-haley-supporters-say-they-would-vote-for-biden-over-trump-iowa-poll/amp/ saying that a sizable portion of Haley’s voter base would go for Biden over Trump in a general so I imagine part of the strategy is driving the point home for as many of the “moderate” republicans as possible.