Opinion: Even strong rivals can't touch Trump | News Channel 3-12

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : This was a state that Sen. Ted Cruz won in 2016, though even then he finished only 3 points ahead of Trump.
47% : Even with an almost 2:1 spending advantage over Trump, DeSantis couldn't mount an effective challenge -- not even with the backing of Reynolds and Vander Plaats.
44% : The 2024 election is shaping up to be a referendum on politics in the legal system as well as on Trump and President Joe Biden.
38% : The forces arrayed against Trump are significant not only for their funding and their grassroots networks, but for the ideological commitments they represent.
26% : They were also called upon to deliver a verdict of their own on the criminal cases against Trump.
26% : DeSantis and Haley were not weak opponents -- but as Iowa shows, even strong rivals can't touch Trump.
18% : If Trump's primary opponents (with the exception of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who dropped out of the race last week) have preferred to talk about almost anything else, Trump has never been shy about discussing his legal travails on the campaign circuit.
6% : Mike Lee and Marco Rubio stepped up to endorse Trump.

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