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Enthusiasm level of other voters, they are more enthusiastic. How does that pale against the more Urban Dwelling Nikki Haley voters . Frankly, they do not have to go out to their car that far to get to the place. The most exciting part about right now is that it is about to start. The game is about to begin and it is not a game. It is a contest for democracy. We have been talking about it, waiting for it, and speculating about it for four years. It is now. This time tomorrow, we will know what is happening. Somebody will be up, somebody will be down, somebody may be out. We will have some deta...

In the general election? that's what the debate tonight is all about. >> would a christie endorsement -- it seems unlikely he is going to endorse anybody before the iowa caucus. >> right. >> but if he did, would that make any difference here? >> not really in iowa. iowans really pried themselves. most of the iowans are going to caucus monday night. they've gone to events with candidates. they've actually asked them a question. so they're very proud of the fact that they make their decision independently. and so endorsements don't really matter all that much to them at this point. >> the weathe...

Nominating process and nearly all the candidates are campaigning at the event which is wrapping up. one face you do not see here is, of course, the former president donald trump, he is skipping this get-together. jeff zeleny joins us from des moines. jeff, what was the enthusiasm level there and i guess any clouds on the horizon since donald trump isn't there. he looms over everything but he's not a part of this. does that change the event at all? >> reporter: well, jim, the speeches just finished, just a couple of moments ago and ron desantis was the final speaker. he put an exclamation point...

Many dozens of times, yet they keep coming back here. when you compare it to nikki haley, there was a couple hundred people in the room. she took no direct shots. friendly reception, but hardly an enthusiastic reception. not markedly cold. we kept hearing from folks. it's nothing against ron desantis, mike pompeo or nikki haley, and this is the difficult part. the opposition research book hasn't been dropped on them yet. donald trump is throwing stuff out on truth social, taking put kutts on these guys, but he is not wielding an ax yet at them. the enthusiasm level, look at the emerson poll th...

Big swings from pole to pole. democrats up a point with registered voters. somewhat significantly for the first time we applied a likely voter screen to this as well. trying to figure out based on people saying what their enthusiasm level is, based on how much they have participated in past midterm elections, that sort of thing, who the likely voters are, and there it flips. republicans take a one point lead in the likely voter model over democrats in terms of the top issue here, a combination, if you combine jobs and the cost of living or inflation, we asked them separately, but just for simp...