Posted on Oct 27, 2023
Three months out, the Iowa Caucus is Trump's to lose
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There are less than three months until the first contest of the Republican presidential primary cycle - the Iowa Caucus. Campaigns are busy organizing in an effort to get voters to show up on caucus night for a race where Donald Trump seems to already have a lock on winning.
"How many of you are planning on caucusing?," Polk County Republican Party chair Gloria Mazza asked a crowd of Iowans munching on pizza and fried chicken at a Pizza Ranch restaurant in suburban Des Moines.
"I better see all the hands," she said with a laugh.
There are less than three months until the first contest of the Republican presidential primary cycle - the Iowa Caucus. Campaigns are busy organizing in an effort to get voters to show up on caucus night for a race where Donald Trump seems to already have a lock on winning.
"How many of you are planning on caucusing?," Polk County Republican Party chair Gloria Mazza asked a crowd of Iowans munching on pizza and fried chicken at a Pizza Ranch restaurant in suburban Des Moines.
"I better see all the hands," she said with a laugh.
Three months out, the Iowa Caucus is Trump's to lose
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Trump's bringing those things up as he campaigns more in the state and he'll be back in the state on Sunday with a rally in Sioux City. His team doesn't want a repeat of 2016 when he came in second.
"This is what wins. Hats and shirts won't win," a Trump campaign volunteer shouted as he hands out commit-to-caucus cards to attendees decked out in Trump gear at an October rally in Clive, Iowa.
Restaurant manager Zach Schmitz takes one and says he'll scan the Q-R code and check it out.
"I'm here to learn more," Schmitz explained, "see it more in-person as opposed to what pops up on social media."
"We voted for him in 2016, 2020," Leah Schmitz, who works in sales and is married to Zach, said. "I've always been on the Trump train."
There are a lot of devoted Trump fans here who plan to show up for him. Tim Krachenfels looks forward to caucusing for Trump like he did 8 years ago.
"I think DeSantis should have waited. I spoke to [Ron] DeSantis and Vivek [Ramaswamy] and had really good conversations with both of them," Krachenfels recalled. "But I think it's going to be a landslide."
..."Trump's bringing those things up as he campaigns more in the state and he'll be back in the state on Sunday with a rally in Sioux City. His team doesn't want a repeat of 2016 when he came in second.
"This is what wins. Hats and shirts won't win," a Trump campaign volunteer shouted as he hands out commit-to-caucus cards to attendees decked out in Trump gear at an October rally in Clive, Iowa.
Restaurant manager Zach Schmitz takes one and says he'll scan the Q-R code and check it out.
"I'm here to learn more," Schmitz explained, "see it more in-person as opposed to what pops up on social media."
"We voted for him in 2016, 2020," Leah Schmitz, who works in sales and is married to Zach, said. "I've always been on the Trump train."
There are a lot of devoted Trump fans here who plan to show up for him. Tim Krachenfels looks forward to caucusing for Trump like he did 8 years ago.
"I think DeSantis should have waited. I spoke to [Ron] DeSantis and Vivek [Ramaswamy] and had really good conversations with both of them," Krachenfels recalled. "But I think it's going to be a landslide."
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