(Radio Iowa) – A new Iowa Poll from the Des Moines Register and N-B-C News shows former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley tied for second place with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, but both trail former President Trump by 27 points. Trump’s lead has increased slightly from the Register’s Iowa Poll in late August. Haley and DeSantis both registered 16 percent support in this latest Iowa Poll. It found Haley has a growing amount of support among independents who plan to register as Republicans to vote on Caucus night. A third of independents said they plan to vote for Trump, Haley got 22 percent and DeSantis got 12 percent of independents. South Carolina Senator Tim Scott was a distant third in the poll, with seven percent support. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who has not campaigned in Iowa this year, got four percent, as did businessman Vivek Ramaswamy.

The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus four-point-nine percent. It was conducted from October 22nd through the 26th and includes responses from 404 likely Iowa Caucus-goers. Former Vice President Mike Pence dropped out of the race on the 28th. Pence had two percent in the Iowa Poll, but all respondents were asked who their second choice candidate was and those second choice responses were added to other candidates.