'Loose cannon': Worm turns as Iowa Trump supporters shift their sights elsewhere for 2024

13 November 2023

The 2024 GOP presidential field continues to shrink. Former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina), former Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), radio host Larry Elder and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez have all dropped out of the race.

Countless polls have shown former President Donald Trump as the clear frontrunner and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a distant second place. However, a poll released by the GOP-associated Trafalgar Group around November 6 showed former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in second place, with a 2 percent lead over DeSantis.

In a National Public Radio (NPR) article published on November 13, journalists H.J. Mai, A. Martínez and Julie Depenbrock take a look at Iowa Republicans who are open to a Trump alternative.

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"With roughly a year left until Election Day," the NPR reporters explain, "many people said they will start paying more attention to the various candidates. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy were names that Iowans mentioned in conversations."

King, a 20-year-old college student, told NPR, "He kind of feels like a little bit of a loose cannon right now. You don't really know what you're going to get."

Philip Shippy, another college student in Iowa, told NPR, "As much as he's like the big Republican figure, I don't very much like him on a personal level."

But John Gross, a 61-year-old Iowa Republican, indicated that he will vote GOP in the 2024 election whether the nominee is Trump or someone else.

Gross told NPR, "Anyone that would get this current president out of there would be a win, in my humble opinion."

Read NPR's full report at this link.

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