Donald Trump says he'll drop out of the Republican race if his poll numbers get too low, a prospect which so far is not on the horizon. On the ground, too, Trump is still pulling in big crowds. But in caucus states like Iowa, high poll and rally numbers won't necessarily translate to actual Election Day support.
An informal survey of Trump backers at a recent Iowa rally found that only one in 10 had participated in a caucus before, and the rest seemed unenthusiastic about the prospect of comparatively complicated participation in the political process on a cold Iowa night in February. As one attendee put it while refusing to pledge that she'd caucus, "I have never been to anything like that."
True to style, Trump's campaign appears unconcerned. "We're thinking this is going to be a historical caucus and I think you're going to see some phenomenal numbers turn out," said adviser John Hulsizer Jr.
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