Voters who favor Nikki Haley are twice as likely to support Joe Biden over Donald Trump in the case of a White House rematch.
That’s according to the latest poll commissioned by NBC News, the Des Moines Register and Iowa pollster Selzer & Co. Trump is leading the race as expected. However, Haley has overtaken DeSantis for second place.
Mediaite’s Caleb Howe has more on the last survey before the caucuses amidst a cold snap in Iowa that may hinder turnout tonight:
Among the questions, the poll asked whether voters who had a preferred candidate would vote for Trump if he were the nominee, or would they vote for Biden, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., or other third party or etc. And among Nikki Haley’s supporters was the surprise result.
Nearly half of the polled Haley supporters, 43%, said they’d go for Biden over Trump, vs. just 23% who said they’d pick Trump over Biden.
The idea of Republican Iowa caucus voters who support a Republican candidate for president defecting just to vote against Trump is a somewhat startling result and stands out from the overall picks of the polled caucus voters.
NBC reports that “these new findings from the latest NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll of Iowa further illustrate the degree to which Haley is bringing in support from independents, Democrats and Republicans who have been uneasy with Trump’s takeover of the GOP.”
Overall, 71% of likely caucusgoers plan to vote for Trump if he becomes the Republican nominee, while only 11% expressed their support for Biden.
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