Heading into the final hours before the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses begin on Monday, polls show former President Donald Trump maintaining a commanding lead over his GOP rivals in the Hawkeye State.
A final Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa Poll, the results of which were released on Saturday night, matched the general trend seen in recent surveys: Trump dominating the field with 48% support, former South Carolina Governor and United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley hanging far back in second place at 20%, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis close behind Haley at 16%. Other surveys released in the last few days indicate a dead heat between Haley and DeSantis.
Tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy took fourth place in the Des Moines Register poll with 8% support — up 3 points from December. He was followed by former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and Texas pastor Ryan Binkley,…
