“Nine months ago, we came to this attractive state, we had no political organization, we had no money, we had no name recognition, and we were taking on the most powerful political organization in the United States of America”, Sanders said.
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Hillary Clinton is the official victor of the Iowa caucus after Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) released its final results from Monday night’s caucus, showing Clinton winning just under four more state delegate equivalents than rival Bernie Sanders.
Several Republican candidates, all calling themselves conservatives but minus some of the harsher rhetoric employed by Cruz, are looking to New Hampshire to revive their campaigns after poor showings in the farm state of Iowa.
Iowa and New Hampshire, he said, are “two of the most challenging places” for Mrs Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Sanders is favored by polls to win the first primary on February 9 in New Hampshire, which borders Vermont.
“As I stand here tonight, breathing a big sigh of relief – thank you, Iowa”, Clinton said. She was declared the victor later this morning, but by a very slim margin and through coin tosses-a unusual Iowa caucus tradition where voters flip coins to break ties. It’s too soon to measure how the Iowa caucus results will change this algebra, but we know it’s unlikely Rubio will win New Hampshire, which gives him a narrow path to the nomination.
“For folks who didn’t think Bernie Sanders could win …”
Mr Trump had relied on what Iowa Republican Party chairperson Jeff Kaufmann said was a “stealth” ground effort.
Sanders had hoped to replicate Obama’s pathway to the presidency by using a victory in Iowa to catapult his passion and ideals of “democratic socialism” deep into the primaries.
“Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee and next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media, will not be chosen by the Washington establishment”, Cruz told supporters. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, according to The Associated Press and other news organisations.
Between them, Trump, Cruz and Rubio shared 75 per cent of the Republican vote, setting the primary on course for a clear three-horse race.
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Caucuses, a series of meetings in which voters show their support for candidates, determine who becomes each party’s presidential candidate.
