Evangelical Christian Voters in Iowa Reveal Strong Support for Donald Trump Ahead of Family Leadership Summit

A focus group of 18 evangelical Christian voters in Des Moines, Iowa, convened by GOP pollster Frank Luntz on the eve of the Family Leadership Summit, revealed that 15 of them believed Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election. The focus group was assembled by the Family Leader using criteria that the participants consider themselves either “conservative” or “strongly conservative,” attend church at least once a week, and identify as either born-again Christian or evangelical.

The event also drew a host of non-Trump Republican presidential candidates to Iowa on Friday. One of them, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, was asked whether he would consider Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds as a potential running mate should he win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. DeSantis responded that he would consider Reynolds, despite former President Donald Trump’s recent complaints about her.

Trump had criticized Reynolds for her seemingly cozy relationship with DeSantis while maintaining her public neutrality as the lead Republican figure in the state that hosts the lead-off presidential caucuses in less than six months. DeSantis dismissed Trump’s complaints as “totally out of hand.”

The focus group’s findings suggest that Trump remains popular among the state’s GOP base. It remains to be seen whether the former president will have an impact on the upcoming Iowa caucuses. The results of the focus group suggest that Trump’s influence in the state may be stronger than previously thought.