Former President Donald Trump continues to dominate President Joe Biden in 2024 presidential election polls, even reaching a commanding double-digit lead among likely voters in Iowa.
According to a recent Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll, 50% of likely voters plan to back Trump in the upcoming election, compared to just 32% who say they will support the Democrat incumbent.
The new poll surveyed 632 likely voters in Iowa from June 9-14 and comes just five months before election day.
Trump’s massive lead in Iowa also comes after a New York jury convicted the former president on 34 felony counts of falsified business records.
Donald Share, an Iowa resident who participated in the poll, said he plans to vote for Trump.
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“I like (that) he doesn’t take any guff from anybody, that he puts America first,” Share said. “You know, we need to take care of our own before we worry about everybody else.”
Share said Trump’s convictions in New York “are part of the reason my mind is made up.”
“The more they try to get him out of the picture, the stronger they make him,” he added. “I, for one, believe that the charges are bogus.”
Share’s comments echoed the former president, who said the trial was part of a “witch hunt” and “election interference.”
“Not only did this HIGHLY CONFLICTED, BIASED Judge, Juan Merchan, prevent me from presenting the fact that I did not take a Tax Deduction on the Legal Expense (which was marked, correctly, as a Legal Expense), the Judge also did not allow my lawyers to get Tax Records from the former attorney, whose name I am not allowed to mention due to the UnConstitutional Gag Order imposed upon me,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “ELECTION INTERFERENCE! WITCH HUNT!”
“MY CIVIL RIGHTS HAVE BEEN TOTALLY VIOLATED WITH THIS HIGHLY POLITICAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AND ELECTION INTERFERING WITCH HUNT. OUR FAILING NATION IS BEING LAUGHED AT ALL OVER THE WORLD!” Trump added in a separate post.
