“That could’ve been with the debate”, Trump acknowledged to reporters in Milford, New Hampshire, where he was introduced and endorsed by former Massachusetts Sen.
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The pre-election voter surveys in New Hampshire show Trump with a commanding lead over other Republican challengers, but the polling was conducted before Iowa Republicans dented his claim that he only wins.
On the eve of Monday’s caucuses, Twitter released information showing a shift in sentiment away from the brash presumptive front-runner to Cruz, who had assiduously built relationships in all 99 counties ahead of the voting.
February 2: Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont were locked in an intensely tight race in the Iowa caucuses yesterday as Clinton’s strong support among women and older voters was matched by the passionate liberal foot soldiers whom Sanders has been calling to political revolution.
The reality is that Clinton and Sanders did as Sanders put it, “virtually tie”.
Iowa’s Republican caucuses had picked Mike Huckabee in 2008 and Rick Santorum in 2012. Voters at Democratic caucuses align into groups after arriving at the caucus and then try to convince others to join their group. Young voters overwhelmingly backed Mr Sanders. Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton are the winners.
The former secretary of state received 700.59 state delegate equivalents, while the senator nabbed 696.82 delegates and former Gov. Martin O’Malley was awarded 7.61, according to the Iowa Democratic Party.
In another setback for the billionaire’s anti-establishment campaign, Marco Rubio, the Cuban-American senator favoured by establishment Republicans, won 23 per cent – an upset for pollsters who mostly forecast a Trump victory and had not predicted the strength of Mr Rubio’s support.
New Hampshire’s primary elections are set for next Tuesday.
Former president Bill Clinton said he was satisfied with his wife’s narrow victory in Iowa, casting the state as hard political terrain.
Unlike past conservatives who found love in Iowa but fizzled fast, Cruz argued Tuesday that his campaign has staying power, resources and broad appeal. “Part of the problem Republicans have been having is getting their arms around this enormous field…But basically you’ve got three finalists now in Trump, Cruz and Rubio and people can focus on that”, Larry Sabato, a veteran University of Virginia analyst, told The Post.
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“Hillary Clinton has won the Iowa Caucus”, the Clinton campaign said. On Tuesday, Trump blamed the media for dismissing his “longshot great finish”. She said she’s now won and lost in Iowa and “it’s a lot better to win”. Came in a strong second. “I’m basically dropping everything to join the campaign”, said Ferguson.
