Syndicated columnist Byron York: There's been a huge amount of commentary on former President Donald Trump's big lead over Gov. Ron DeSantis in national polls.
There's been a huge amount of commentary on former President Donald Trump's big lead over Gov. Ron DeSantis in national polls. In the current RealClearPolitics average of polls, Trump has a 30.8-point lead -- 53.2% to DeSantis' 22.4%. That lead, while enormous, has been shrinking in the last week; on May 20, it was 36.9 points. Now, it's six points smaller. That is something to watch in the days ahead.
So what is the situation in Iowa? Does Trump have a huge lead there, too? Or are Iowa Republicans spreading their support among the growing field -- DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy and others? A new poll from Iowa suggests the answer is the former -- Trump appears to be very, very strong in the first state that will vote in 2024.
"Trump's lead in the caucus reflects his numbers in Emerson's March New Hampshire primary poll, where he held a 41-point lead over DeSantis," said Spencer Kimball, executive director of the poll, in a press release."The former president's base continues to be voters under 35, 75% of whom support Trump, and voters without a college degree: 70% support Trump.
Where to from here? DeSantis declared his candidacy on May 24. For months prior to that, polling on the GOP race suffered from the fact that the leading candidate, Trump, had long ago declared, while the No. 2 candidate, DeSantis, had not even entered the race. Now both are official candidates and polls in the future will reflect the apples-to-apples comparison of two real campaigns.
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