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former president is the preferred candidate of 49% of
self-identified Republicans, the poll found. Former South
Carolina Governor Nikki Haley had the support of 12% of
Republicans, with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis holding 11%
support.
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy was backed by 4% of Republicans,
while no other candidate got more than 2%, the poll found. Some
18% said they did not know whom they would support.
The poll of 1,941 self-identified Republicans was conducted
nationwide, meaning it may not necessarily predict who will win
Monday's caucuses in Iowa, the first of the state nominating
contests that will determine who will try to unseat Democratic
President Joe Biden in the Nov. 5 election.
The broad outlines of the race have changed little since the
summer, even as Trump's legal woes have mounted and his rivals
have spent months on the campaign trail.
Most Reuters/Ipsos surveys conducted since August have found
that Trump has commanded the support of roughly half of the
Republican electorate.
His rivals, meanwhile, have failed to make headway.
Haley has benefited from a surge of money and attention from
Republicans who do not want to nominate Trump for a third time,
but she remains effectively tied with DeSantis, who has been
hobbled by organizational woes.
Haley fared slightly better among more educated Republicans.
Trump's support among Republicans with a college degree dipped
to 34%, while 21% said they backed Haley. But her support among
those without a college degree, a much larger portion of the
Republican electorate, was just 8%, the poll found.
The random sample of U.S. adults, conducted online, was
conducted Jan. 3 through Jan. 9. It has a margin of error of
plus or minus 3 percentage points.
(Reporting by Andy Sullivan and Jason Lange; Editing by Scott
Malone and Jonathan Oatis)
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