All GOP presidential candidates were leading President Biden in a new poll released just before the Iowa Caucus, with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley having the widest margin at eight percentage points.
All GOP presidential candidates were leading President Biden in a new poll released just before the Iowa Caucus, with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley having the widest margin at eight percentage points.
A CBS News/YouGov survey released on Sunday found Haley, 51, beating Biden, 81, in a hypothetical matchup, 53% to 45%, among US adults nationwide.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, 45, was ahead of the president by three percentage points (51% to 48%), and former president Donald Trump, 77, was close behind in a head-to-head with Biden, 50% to 48%.
Additionally, the CBS/YouGov poll showed American independent voters swung for Haley by 59%, whereas 55% said they would support DeSantis and 54% said they would support Trump.
The former president celebrated a landslide victory in the Iowa Caucus Monday night, with media outlets calling the race a half hour after it began and Trump eventually winning all but one state precinct, which went for Haley by a single vote.
A historic 51% of Iowans backed Trump’s third bid for the Republican presidential nomination, 21.2% supported DeSantis’ run and 19.1% voted for Haley.
The 45th president mock-congratulated his competitors following the near-clean sweep of the Hawkeye State before calling on them to drop out.
