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The Guardian - US
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Sam Levine in Cedar Rapids

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

woman in pink approaches diner where people are sitting at tables
The Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley arrives for a campaign event at Drake Diner in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

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.

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