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DES MOINES, Iowa -- The countdown to the Iowa caucuses is present successful the homestretch.
In little than 24 hours, we should cognize which Republican volition triumph the archetypal contention successful the federation for the 2024 statesmanlike race.
Only Republicans are caucusing this clip around. Democrats are simply mailing successful their ballots.
With parts of Iowa inactive nether blizzard warnings earlier Sunday and temperatures beneath zero, the upwind was a factor.
Despite the cold, the apical 3 Republican candidates were courting votes crossed the state, taking nary chances connected their caucus eve.
The Iowa caucuses are astir captious for candidates not named Donald Trump. On Sunday, the Republican front-runner urged supporters, during his lone in-person run stop, to marque definite they caucus, not taking thing for granted.
"The large thing, and I accidental it astatine each code - don't beryllium retired connected me. Even if you deliberation we're winning by a lot, it doesn't matter. We person to get retired and vote. And we're truly mounting the array for November by doing that, due to the fact that we're successful precise bully shape," Trump said.
The latest canvass by the Des Moines Register, NBC News and Mediacom shows Trump with a commanding pb successful Iowa with 48%, but Nikki Haley has moved into 2nd spot with 20%. Ron DeSantis has slipped to 3rd with 16%.
With roads successful galore parts of the authorities making question treacherous, Haley cancelled her archetypal event, aboriginal urging supporters to assistance bring alteration to the enactment dominated by Trump.
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"The lone mode we're gonna triumph the bulk of Americans is if we person a caller generational person that leaves the negativity and the baggage down and focuses connected the solutions of the future," Haley said.
DeSantis, whose supporters were retired knocking connected doors successful the bitter cold, is successful request of a bully showing successful Iowa, having held much run events present than Trump and Haley combined.
"You're ne'er gonna person an accidental wherever your dependable and your ballot is going to battalion arsenic overmuch of a punch arsenic it volition time night," DeSantis said.
A caller ABC News canvass shows President Joe Biden's support ratings sinking to 33%, the lowest of immoderate president successful the past 15 years. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker downplayed the poll's value this aboriginal successful the predetermination play portion speaking connected ABC's This Week.
"This conflict hasn't adjacent been joined yet. You've got a clump of Republicans, MAGA Republicans, espousing things that are not bully for the American nationalist that are connected the signifier now, and not until they take a nominee volition we genuinely beryllium successful this battle," Pritzker said.
The Iowa GOP downplayed the brutal upwind and sub-zero temperatures, but admitted it could interaction turnout.
"Iowans are utilized to hard weather. We've had caucuses successful atrocious upwind before. I deliberation turnout is going to beryllium good. Of course, it mightiness interaction it somewhat and it mightiness person antithetic impacts connected antithetic campaigns," said Iowa Republican Party Treasurer David Barker.
Just earlier ABC7 Chicago Political Reporter Craig Wall's interrogation with Barker, his telephone rang, and helium excused himself, saying helium had to instrumentality the call.
It turns retired it was Trump calling to marque definite that enactment leaders had everything acceptable for Monday's caucuses.
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