TWOFER – Pollster Rasmussen After Trump Iowa Caucus Results: ‘Race is over’…

by Charlotte Hazard at Just the News

Prominent pollster and political analyst Scott Rasmussen said Tuesday the 2024 GOP presidential nominating process is over – following former President Donald Trump’s decisive win the night before in the Iowa caucuses.

“The race is over,” Rasmussen said on the “John Solomon Reports” podcast, after Trump won 51% percent of the caucus ballots and 98 of 99 precincts.”Not only was it that the former president topped 50%, there was no clear second place.”

To be sure, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis came in second with 21.2% and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley finished third with 19.1%.

“You know, if it had been Trump with 40, DeSantis with 30 and Haley with 20, well, then I can say maybe something’s going on here,” Rasmussen also said. “But there’s no clear second choice.”

Trump won the Iowa caucus with the largest margin in GOP history.

The next GOP primary contest takes place in New Hampshire on Jan. 23.

According to Rasmussen,…

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Pollster Rasmussen after Trump Iowa Caucus Results: ‘Race is over’

Veteran Pollster Scott Rasmussen says the race for the 2024 Republican Presidential Nominee is “over” after Trump excelled polling, winning the Iowa Caucus by over 30 points from the second place, Governor Ron DeSantis. Rasmussen says “the race is over, you know, barring something cataclysmic health-wise or something that we can’t imagine.” Remarking, from the results last night, “not only was it that, the former President topped 50%, but there was no clear second place, you know, if it had been Trump 40%, DeSantis 30%, Haley 20%, then I could say maybe something’s going on here. But there was there’s no clear second choice and a majority for the former president is huge.”