The G.O.P.’s Field of Dreams

New data suggests Iowa Republicans aren’t ready to let Trump coast to the nomination just yet.
New data suggests Iowa Republicans aren’t ready to let Trump coast to the nomination just yet. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Peter Hamby
August 7, 2023

If you squint hard enough, the Republican presidential race actually looks closer than the national narrative suggests. Only slightly, of course: Donald Trump still has a commanding lead in the nomination fight, even as he faces 78 criminal charges, and counting, from multiple indictments. But a new poll out of Iowa is giving a measure of comfort to his Republican rivals.