Meanwhile, Clinton’s campaign received a boost with the influential New York Times endorsing her in the Democratic presidential primary describing her as “one of the most broadly and deeply qualified presidential candidates in modern history”. And whether Hillary Clinton would be able to beat the challenge of self-styled Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders or would she stumble again as she did in 2008 when she finished third with a little known junior senator named Barack Obama finishing first? But Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was closing strongly and nipping at the heels of Cruz, a fellow first-term senator and Cuban-American.
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And long-shot candidates like Carly Fiorina made their pitch to voters too, reminding them that polls are notoriously unreliable in Iowa, where political upsets are commonplace. In 2000, the New Hampshire primaries were between George W. Bush and John McCain on the Republican side with Al Gore pitted against Bill Bradley on the Democratic ballot.
He’s now claimed first place in nine consecutive Iowa polls, according to RCP’s average. Trump’s daughter Ivanka posted a video on social media explaining the process to supporters.
“And me, yes, thank you”, Clinton finished.
“I never sent an email marked classified”.
Jim Schmidt, 48, of Johnson County, Iowa, was among the angry.
The decision of the NYT editorial board on Clinton was not surprising, but the top U.S. daily surprised many by rejecting the credentials of top the three Republican aspirants including its city resident Trump who has been leading all major polls ever since he declared his candidacy last summer. “If the voter turnout is low, we will be struggling and we might not win”, Sanders said.
There has been much talk about a surge for Rubio in the final days of the race, something that does not show up in the poll numbers.
“But anger is not a plan”, he said in a dig at the bombastic Trump. Voters told pollsters they thought Cruz, however, had the most needed knowledge and experience. In the 2012 general election, Iowa’s 73 percent turnout was among the nation’s highest. “We have to. We can not win if we are divided against each other”.
Clinton’s rally in Ames was packed with supporters and some undecided voters.
“Hillary is tough”, Giffords said by way of introduction. The ad, without naming him, also says she would “build on Obamacare”, not start over, and stand up to the gun lobby, “not protect it”, all swipes at the senator.
About 73% of American voters likely to head to the polls in November’s election say they think the United States is on the wrong track, and these disaffected people make up a majority of the support bases for both Republican candidate Trump and Democrat Sanders; 87% and 54%, respectively, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. “But Bernie is the way I go”.
But Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said in a statement that the Clinton campaign had not accepted debates his team proposed for March 3 in MI and April 14 in NY.
Kasich deserves the Republican nomination because he is “the only plausible choice for Republicans exhausted of the extremism and inexperience on display in this race”, the Times said.
Those trailing the frontrunners, including former business executive Carly Fiorina who has bounced between mid-level contender and also-ran, were counting on an Iowa miracle.
Following a campaign event at a college in Grinnell, Iowa on Saturday, the former president greeted supporters mentioning his fond memories in Iowa both while he was campaigning for his own presidential bid and also for his wife’s eight years ago.
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“We’re gonna surprise some folks on Monday”.
