This state, which traditionally opens the elections for the Republican primary, is hit by polar cold.
Will the extreme cold influence the vote for the Republican primary in the United States?
As usual, it is Iowa which opens the votes, but the snow, a low thermometer and an icy wind “threatening to life”, say the authorities, risk discouraging the most motivated!
In the latest local daily poll Des Moines Register and NBC, published Friday, former President Donald Trump is well ahead, with 48% of voting intentions! His team would like to pass the symbolic bar of 50% of the votes.
Far behind him, two Republican candidates are fighting for second place: Nikki Haley, former United Nations ambassador and governor of South Carolina.
She says she is optimistic for this first Iowa caucus, even if she is only credited with 20% of the vote.
Her competitor, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, is slightly behind her, with 16%, but he claims to like being the outsider.
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy also hopes to create a surprise. This will be complicated: he is at 8% in the polls. This son of Indian immigrants largely self-financed his campaign.
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