Donald Trump continues to hold a commanding lead in Iowa while Nikki Haley has risen to tie with Ron DeSantis for second place in the GOP field, according to an NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll released Monday.
Forty-three percent of likely Republican caucusgoers picked the former president as their first-choice candidate, giving him a 27-point lead that’s up four percentage points since the August Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa Poll.
Former U.N. Ambassador Haley, up 10 percentage points since August, and Florida Gov. DeSantis, down three percentage points, both trail Trump at 16 percent in the poll released about a week ahead of the third GOP debate. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) follows with 7 percent and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy both hold 4 percent.
