What did Ron DeSantis predict about elections in December 2023?
Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida and 2024 Republican presidential candidate ·
Well, we're going to win the caucus. … We're going to win Iowa. I think it's going to help propel us to the nomination
Lost Iowa to Trump by ~30 points
DeSantis said he would win Iowa. Trump won the caucuses with 51 percent, and DeSantis finished a distant second with about 21 percent.
Donald Trump won the Jan. 15, 2024 Iowa caucuses with 51% of the vote, and DeSantis finished a distant second with about 21% (CBS News).
Prediction vs. outcome · Elections
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- Interview with NBC's Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker, released Dec. 2 and aired Dec. 3, 2023, after he completed visits to all 99 Iowa counties.