New Hampshire has historically favoured more moderate candidates than Iowa, and more than 40 percent of the state’s electorate are not registered in any political party.
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Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton (L) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) participate in the Democratic Candidates Debate hosted by NBC News and YouTube on January 17, 2016 in Charleston, South Carolina. And then there are the cluster of establishment Republicans: US Senator Marco Rubio, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Ohio Governor John Kasich and former Florida governor Jeb Bush.
New Hampshire voters also like to decide who to support late in the contest, which means spending considerable time and energy in the state could move poll numbers quickly. Sanders’ campaign accused Clinton’s of insulting New Hampshire voters by suggesting that they only support the Vermont senator because he’s from a neighboring state.
“When I think about what happened tonight, I think the people of Iowa have sent a very profound message to the political establishment, to the economic establishment and – by the way – to the media establishment”, Sanders told supporters just before midnight, calling the Iowa race a “virtual tie”.
Senator Ted Cruz has beaten billionaire Donald Trump in Iowa’s presidential nominating contest, dealing a big upset to the national front-runner in the race to be the Republican Party’s White House nominee in 2016.
The turnout of the Iowa caucuses was about 158,000, according to Edison Research, which conducted entrance polls at precincts across the state.
“Mr. Trump has clearly established a very different approach than what is traditional in New Hampshire and whether or not that is going to work for him, we’ll know on election day”, New Hampshire Republican Chairwoman Jennifer Horn told The Daily Caller prior the Iowa caucus results.
Polls find Sanders holding a commanding lead over Clinton in New Hampshire, and he was eager to lower expectations for how he would finish. “Bad!” Trump wrote on Twitter. After disembarking from his plane, Sanders declared from the bed of a pickup truck that his strong showing in Iowa had astounded the world. Now in New Hampshire were going to astound the world again, he said.
It was the closest caucuses in Iowa history for the Democrats, with Hillary Clinton defeating Bernie Sanders by a “razor-thin margin”. Polls show well over half of GOP voters have yet to make up their minds.
Carson tried to clear up any confusion later Monday night, saying he planned to return to the campaign trail in New Hampshire on Wednesday. But that split could loom large as the race heads to Nevada and SC, where Latinos and African-Americans hold considerable influence.
“The State of Iowa should disqualify Ted Cruz from the most recent election on the basis that he cheated – a total fraud”, Trump tweeted on Wednesday morning. Came in a strong second.
Despite plans to camp out in New Hampshire, Clinton’s campaign is also already looking ahead to Nevada and SC, the next two early voting states. “Great honor”, Trump tweeted. Not only did Trump lose to Cruz, but he came close to being overcome by Rubio. Real-estate tycoon Donald Trump tore into Sen.
Clinton, for her part, has signaled her determination at least to narrow the gap before Tuesday’s vote.
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“The two other candidates that are likely to emerge in Iowa are two people that are backbenchers, that have never done anything of outcome in their lives”.
