In the final Iowa poll to be released ahead of Monday’s caucuses, J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register are showing that Donald Trump still has a commanding lead, but that the race is still fluid in several other ways.
The two biggest news items from the poll are former president Donald Trump sliding below second place – though still with a 28-point lead – and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley sliding past Florida Governor Ron DeSantis into second place.
Haley’s lead over DeSantis (20-16) is just outside the poll’s margin of error, which is at +/- 3/7 percent.
The DeSantis campaign has gone through all 99 counties of Iowa, touring and meeting voters all over the state. But the overall dynamics of the primary have shifted away from him after a rocky start and a struggle to maintain momentum. Haley, meanwhile, rose from near the bottom of the pack to the second place spot after a…
