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Erin Burnett OutFront

even people voting for haley on desantis are getting texts from trump. that's the organization. but i was in covering campaigns when the internet was a baby, when there was no such thing as social media. a lot of direct mail. we used to go to evangelical churches on the sunday before iowa to see what people put under the windshields of cars. that's when you did your attack piece. people come out of church and see michael dukakis this or bob dole that this is a negative ad from desantis, trump ignored iowa. and nikki haley saying she has electability. she is the right candidate to take on joe biden. there is tv. there is digital. but there is also some good old school direct mail. >> old school direct mail. it's nice to see it. john king, thank you. and we'll of course see you tomorrow. next, nikki haley picking up big endorsement tonight from a popular former republican governor who says she is the one with the momentum. our dana bash just spoke to haley in iowa and will be live from des moines after this. plus, new pictures from iowa

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Erin Burnett OutFront

iowa caucuses, nikki haley and ron desantis in a furious scramble for second place. even as they work to sow seeds of doubt about the electability of the former president. >> here in iowa, you have the ability to change the trajectory of american politics. >> do something. you can be the start of the solution that we have. >> reporter: the closely watched des moines register iowa poll found trump with a commanding lead and found that 68% of caucusgoers have made up their minds. but a quarter are still deciding. >> i hope after this you commit to us and come out tomorrow and help us. >> reporter: the stakes are remarkably high for the florida governor, who has placed his hopes on a strong iowa finish. he is counting on a robust organization to ward off a late shift towards haley. as the former south carolina governor took the stage at weekend rallies, drew klein navigated the snow-covered streets of the suburbs, going door to door in search of haley

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ABC World News Tonight With David Muir

donald trump is the strongest leader, 50 points above his rivals. 45/19, best represents your values. trump in the landslide, similarly, best understands your problems, donald trump is the candidate nationally. on the key question of electability, it's donald trump by a lot. 68% of republicans say donald trump is the best choice to go up against joe biden. now, when it comes to tomorrow night, donald trump actually lost iowa in the caucuses eight years ago. that's not going to happen again almost certainly. how it happened is actually instructive when you look at returns come in tomorrow. ron desantis visited all of iowa's 99 counties. there are places in the state heavily evangelical counties in particular up in the northwest corner, where donald trump came in a distant fourth last time around. a lot of reason to think that's hard to replicate, but ron desantis hopes maybe he can overperform expectations. for nikki haley, her focus is the cities and suburbs. a lot of votes in places like des moines and iowa city and davenport. marco rubio actually did really well there last time. and nikki haley is hoping the late momentum helps her there.

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Erin Burnett OutFront

negative ad from desan trump ignored iowa, and nikki haley saying she has electability. she is the right candidate to take on joe biden. there is tv. there is digital. but there is also some good old school direct mail. >> old school direct mail. it's nice to see it. john king, thank you. and we'll of course see you tomorrow. next, nikki haley picking up big endorsement tonight from a popular former republican governor who says she is the one with the momentum. our dana bash just spoke to haley in iowa and will be live from des moines after this. plus, new pictures from iowa where it is, you talk about the numbers, let's give you this stat, colder than the north poll. so which candidate benefits most from what you're looking at in your screen?

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Erin Burnett OutFront

get out and vote, bring your friend. we say plus ten. so plus ten or plus two or plus 20, but bring them all out because we have to set the stage for november. >> reporter: on the eve of the iowa caucuses, nikki haley and ron desantis in a furious scramble for second place. even as they work to sow seeds of doubt about the electability of the former president. >> here in iowa, you have the ability to change the trajectory of american politics. >> do something. you can be the start of the solution that we have. >> reporter: the closely watched des moines register iowa poll found trump with a commanding lead and found that 68% of caucusgoers have made up their minds. but a quarter are still deciding. >> i hope after this you commit to us and come out tomorrow and help us. >> reporter: the stakes are remarkably high for the florida governor, who has placed his hopes on a strong iowa finish. he is counting on a robust organization to ward off a late shift towards haley.

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FOX and Friends

people tried to stop him from doing what he said he was going to do. i'm great believer in what he says he will fulfill. he will go forward with if he is allowed to i mean. hopefully they will not try to stop him like they did before. >> lawrence: thank you so much. i appreciate it. i was at the bar yesterday getting some food in my stomach and i met y'all. you are all supporting nikki haley and the question is, why? >> because we're concerned about electability. electability is the key. we want to win the oval and make a change in the country. >> lawrence: what about you, sir? why are you supporting nikki haley. >> she is awesome. she is prepared. she can win. she is going to do great. she is conservative and she can take that young conservative energetic message all across the country and unite us and potentially win the popular vote. she is the most prepared, ready to go candidate day one. >> lawrence: thank you so much, sir. one last person i want to talk. to say you came through the door and you just jumped in my arms. literally.

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Americas Newsroom

who is this second place finisher who upsets mondale in new hampshire and the contest goes on until june 5th, the nomination for the democratic party is settled june 5th when hart wins california, south dakota and new mexico. part of the 27 states he takes. mondale wins west virginia and new jersey and clinches the nomination. it started when a guy jumped up from 3% in iowa. >> dana: one of the story lines here, of course, is joe biden, the current president. brutal abc poll yesterday. his approval at 33%. nikki haley has been making the argument if you look at polling in a general election, if she is against biden she is the one that wins. republicans aren't always persuaded by electability. how much is the idea of joe biden becoming reelected on the minds of the voters here?

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CNN News Central

and our gettogether about the term electability. who is the nominee that's going to beat joe biden? who is the nominee that's going to reach out to the independents and moderates and make sure they defeat joe biden in november? obviously the southern border is important to young people and the economy with a lot of us being fresh out of college and starting to build our savings accounts. that electability piece is something we talk a lot about in the young republicans group. >> this is an unusual time. you have historic low temperatures, which we keep talking about. it is part of the story here. there are not people walking around casually on the street. it's not easy to get to places. you also have the parties, not the state government running the caucuses this year. is that going to change anything in your estimation here? >> you know, i think just naturally less people are going to go out. it's dangerously cold.

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America Reports

and the poll numbers john was referencing for joe biden's approval, illegal immigration you affect the salaries of middle income americans. crime has gone up, services for poor people have been affected because the services are going to illegals and not to poor individuals. and so i think all this has had a drag on joe biden, and also listen, sandra, i think there's a concern that so many americans have about a terror threat, all these got-aways have come into the country, don't know what their plans are, what they are going to do and i think it has paid homage to the democrats' new idea, open society, one world government and america should lead by opening up the borders, but the american people, they want a secure border. >> sandra: the question of electability on the ground in iowa for republican voters, doug. this is just a couple of voters, one supporting desantis, one supporting nikki haley.

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Americas Choice 2024 Iowa Caucuses

>> nikki haley began her day at the drake diner here in des moines, a popular spot. and she's telling iowans to go out and caucus for her, she says she's not worried about the weather, she's feeling a lot of momentum and excitement on the ground. she has centered her campaign on this notion that she would be the strongest person to go up against president biden in november, so principally, about electability. meanwhile governor desantis, crisscrossing the state as well. take a listen to what he had to say. >> people are going to say, there's only two possible nominees, donald trump or governor desantis, we are the only one to have strong support amongst bedrock conservative republican voters. to win the nomination and got to be able to do that. i think iowa will show that

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