In Iowa, Two Friends Debate DeSantis vs. Trump

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On Monday, Iowa holds the first contest in the Republican presidential nominating process and nobody will have more on the line than Ron DeSantis. The Florida governor staked his candidacy on a victory in Iowa, a victory that now seems increasingly remote.

Shane Goldmacher, a national political reporter for The Times, and the Daily producers Rob Szypko and Carlos Prieto explain what Mr. DeSantis’s challenge has looked like on the ground in Iowa.

Guest: Shane Goldmacher (https://www.nytimes.com/by/shane-goldmacher?smid=pc-thedaily), a national political correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading:


A weak night for Donald Trump? A Ron DeSantis flop? Gaming out Iowa (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/us/politics/iowa-caucuses-trump-desantis-haley.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
From December: Mr. Trump was gaining in Iowa polling (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/us/politics/trump-iowa-poll-desantis-haley.html?smid=pc-thedaily), and Mr. DeSantis was holding off Nikki Haley for a distant second.
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