Is Donald Trump Poised For Defeat In Iowa – Despite The Polls?

Trump is marginally ahead of Cruz in Iowa, but is the brash billionaire about to suffer a fall?

In the latest and most-accurate poll, the Des Moines Register says Donald Trump is ahead of Ted Cruz, 28% to 23%. That’s good news for Trump, but experts agree if he pulls of a win it will throw Iowa politics on its side. Why? Cruz has a much stronger ground game, and actually will have visited all of Iowa’s 99 counties before the caucuses tonight. Trump is big on big rallies, but on individual one-on-ones, the way Iowa retail politics works, not so much.

Trump thinks his big his name and speeches will outweigh his lack of meeting and shaking hands with Iowa voters, and perhaps he’s right. But some think he might be set for defeat – at least, if second place is a defeat for him.

Overt he weekend, Trump warned supporters in Iowa.

“Unless I win, I would consider this a big, fat, beautiful—and, by the way, a very expensive—waste of time,” the billionaire frontrunner said.

CNN Senior White House Correspondent Jim Acosta Monday afternoon tweeted this telling photo of a Trump rally today. Notice the empty chairs?

Ironically, as Acosta notes, the event was in Waterloo.

The Iowa caucuses begin at 8 PM EST tonight.

Stay tuned to NCRM for the latest news on today’s Iowa Caucuses, and take our poll to let us know who you think will win on the Democratic side tonight!

 

Image by Jim Acosta/Twitter