A new poll shows that 40% of registered voters who say they are likely to attend the Republican Iowa caucuses identify as a member of former President Trump's MAGA (“Make America Great Again”) base. There is.
NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll finds 18 percent of likely Republican caucus attendees identify themselves as “ultra MAGA,” and another 22 percent identify as “regular MAGA.” It turned out that it was. NBC News report. 38% said they were neutral about the term, and 17% said they were “anti-MAGA.”
According to the poll, voters' first-choice candidate was also an indicator of how they viewed the MAGA movement. Among caucusgoers who chose Trump as their first-choice candidate, 60% described themselves as either “ultra MAGA” (31%) or “regular MAGA” (29%).
Caucus attendees who supported former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley were less likely to identify as MAGA. Eleven percent of those supporting Haley as their first choice said they were either “ultra MAGA” or “regular MAGA,” 37 percent said they were neutral, and 50 percent said they were “anti-MAGA.”
Supporters of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis were divided over whether they identified as MAGA. 24% said they were either “ultra MAGA” or “regular MAGA,” 57% were neutral and 17% were “anti-MAGA.”
The poll released Saturday also found Trump with a 28-point lead over his closest challenger, Haley. Haley received 20% support, while DeSantis came in third with 16% of the vote.
The poll was conducted Jan. 7-12 among 705 registered Iowa voters planning to attend the Republican caucuses and has a margin of error of 3.7 percentage points.
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