Economy, border, foreign policy: key issues as Iowans head to caucus

Republicans preparing to vote for presidential candidate share concerns over US-Mexico border, debt and international affairs

David Erlacher hadn't made up his mind about who he was going to caucus for when he showed up to a Cedar Rapids brewery to hear Ron DeSantis speak on Sunday afternoon. But inside his jacket pocket was a handwritten list of issues that mattered most to him.

At the top was the economy, followed by the southern border. He then listed a series of foreign policy conflicts, including the Houthi attacks in Yemen, the war in Israel, and the war between Ukraine and Russia.