How DeSantis' Ambitious, Costly Ground Game Has Sputtered

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : But he is a firm supporter of Trump.
59% : "It really comes down to this -- Trump is so wildly popular in the state that DeSantis doesn't stand a chance," he said.
46% : " Interviews with more than three dozen voters, local officials and political strategists across Iowa and beyond revealed that -- even setting aside the internal disruptions at Never Back Down -- the immense, coordinated effort to identify and mobilize voters for DeSantis has struggled from the outset.
46% : "From my point of view, it hasn't been working," said Cris Christenson, a businessperson who lives in Johnston, a Des Moines suburb.
45% : The Trump campaign has also put down roots in Iowa, though its efforts have focused more on training its 1,800 caucus captains and pushing them to persuade their friends and neighbors to caucus for Trump.
39% : And, in a particularly brutal twist, some of the door knockers openly told Iowans that they themselves were in fact Trump supporters.
38% : The conversation didn't flip Kilcullen, who had grown tired of Trump, into a DeSantis supporter.
13% : Indeed, it seems possible that no amount of door knocking could surmount DeSantis' biggest challenge: He is not Donald Trump.

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