Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas strongly courted conservative evangelical Christians in Iowa prior to his victory over fellow GOP candidate Donald Trump by 28-24 percent in the state caucus on February 1.
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The Republican poll by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center had Trump with 30 percent, ahead of Cruz at 12 percent, followed by Rubio at 11 percent. “This is not a time for waiting”.
Hillary Clinton narrowly defeated Bernie Sanders in Monday’s Iowa caucuses with 100 percent of precincts reporting, according to results announced by the state Democratic Party early Tuesday.
New Hampshire has historically favoured more moderate candidates than Iowa, and more than 40 per cent of the state’s electorate are not registered in any political party.
Hillary’s calling for debt-free college and better access to affordable health care, but her plans build on the current financial and health care systems and essentially keep the status-quo.
Trump said that, before the results showed that Cruz defeated him, he had started to believe that maybe he could win Iowa, though he said the state he “really was counting on was New Hampshire”.
Clinton, 68, acknowledged she had to try harder to win younger Democrats, who backed Sanders in Iowa in large numbers.
The New York billionaire and former TV reality star generated much enthusiasm for his anti-establishment message, but in the end he was out muscled by Mr Cruz’s more traditional ground game and saw some late-deciding voters side with US Senator Marco Rubio.
“I don’t see or hear Clinton claiming they have any momentum, and I am not sure how they could”, said Judy Reardon, the former longtime chief of staff to US Senator Jeanne Shaheen.
Trump did receive some good news the day after his disappointing night in Iowa. With her advantage in superdelegates – the party officials who can support the candidate of their choice – Clinton now has a total of 385 delegates.
Pre-election voter surveys in New Hampshire show Trump with a commanding lead over other Republican challengers, but the polling was conducted before Tuesday’s Iowa caucus. “Given the expectation that Clinton is still going to be the nominee, I don’t think many prominent Democrats would want to take a chance of crossing her”.
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“It’s gonna be a tough road for him”, Logan said, waiting for Cruz to take the stage.
