About two-thirds of caucus-goers also said they did not believe
Democratic President Joe Biden legitimately won the 2020
election, according to the poll.
Following are highlights from the Edison Research poll based on
interviews with 1,628 Iowa Republicans.
* 66% said they did not think Biden legitimately won the
presidency in 2020.
* 65% said they decided who to support in the presidential
nomination contest before this month.
* 65% said Trump would still be fit to be president if he were
convicted of a crime. 31% said he would be unfit if convicted.
* 61% said they favor a federal law that would ban abortions
nationwide.
* 53% of white caucus-goers who considered themselves
evangelical or born-again Christians supported Trump, while 27%
backed DeSantis.
* 46% of voters said they considered themselves part of the MAGA
movement, a reference to Trump's Make America Great Again
slogan. 50% said they were not part of that movement.
* Trump led Haley and DeSantis by double digits among men and
women alike. But among college graduates Trump was preferred by
about 37% of caucus-goers, compared to 28% for Haley and 26% for
DeSantis.
* 38% percent of caucus-goers said the economy was the issue
that mattered most in deciding who to vote for on Monday,
compared to 34% who cited immigration, while the rest cited
foreign policy or abortion.
* 14% said the most important quality a Republican presidential
nominee should have is the ability to beat Biden, compared to
41% who said shared values mattered most.
Edison Research conducted the poll on behalf of the National
Election Pool, a consortium of news organizations including
Reuters.
(Reporting by Jason Lange in Washington and Alexandra Ulmer in
San Francisco; Editing by Christian Schmollinger and Deepa
Babington)
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