Trump aims for Iowa win after tilting 2024 race to his advantage by pursuing rule changes
by Hugo Lowell from US news | The Guardian on (#6HNZC)
Iowa victory would give Trump crucial momentum, backstopped by rule changes his campaign forced through in early voting states
Donald Trump's presidential campaign anticipates winning the Iowa state caucuses and advisers have suggested internally they would only be concerned about the former president being upstaged if another candidate started polling within five or 10 points, according to people close to the campaign.
The margin of the expected win has been an informal litmus test for several weeks, and with none of Trump's rival candidates close to breaching that threshold, the campaign has been confident Trump will win the state's first-in-the-nation nominating contest.
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