Among likely caucusgoers, 41% said they want Trump to continue as the Republican Party's leader, but more than half are open to moving in another direction.
asked that same question in June, 49% of GOP primary voters said Trump should remain as the party’s leader; 21% said it was time to consider other leaders; and 29% said they wanted to go in a different direction.
In the new Iowa survey, the likely GOP caucusgoers who want Trump to remain as party leader overwhelmingly pick the former president as their first choice for the state's Jan. 15 contest. But among those who say they’re open to new leaders, 38% say their first choice for next year's caucuses is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis followed by Trump , South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott , and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy tied at 8%.
And those who want to go in a completely different direction are divided in their first-choice support, broken down by DeSantis , Scott , former Vice President Mike Pence , Haley and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie . The NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll was conducted Aug. 13-17 of 406 likely Republican caucusgoers, who said that they will definitely or probably attend the 2024 caucuses. It has an overall margin of error of plus-or
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