Meanwhile for the Democrats it is a virtual tie between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, who sit at 49.9% and 49.6% respectively as of the latest totals. Cruz won 34 percent of these voters, while Trump got 22 percent and Republican Sen.
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The US presidential candidates have started campaigning in New Hampshire after voters in Iowa served up some major surprises. Iowa Democrats usually do not release raw vote counts from each of the state’s 1,681 caucus precincts. But on Monday night, as caucus results trickled in from around the state, a clearer picture emerged: those crowds weren’t made up entirely of Trump supporters, and their votes weren’t enough to deliver a win.
Trump said he doesn’t believe third-place finisher Marco Rubio will cut into his lead in New Hampshire, and said he expects to peel off independent voters from Vermont Sen.
Trump sounded humble in defeat, saying he was “honoured” by the support of Iowans.
“We will go on to get the Republican nomination, and we will go on to easily beat Hillary or Bernie or whoever the hell they throw up there”, Trump said.
Clinton had a handful of Washington volunteers working in Iowa ahead of the caucuses as did Sanders.
Sanders celebrated his stronger-than-expected showing in Iowa, landing at dawn in Bow and addressing a hardy group of supporters who met him.
“We are going to create an economy that works for working families not just for the billionaire class”, Sanders said.
Clinton was referring to her 2008 campaign for president, which was harpooned by an unexpectedly strong showing in Iowa from a then-relatively unknown senator from IL named Barack Obama, notes USA Today. “After thorough reporting – and analysis – of results, there is no uncertainty and Secretary Clinton has clearly won the most national and state delegates”.
According to Iowa law, if “more than the requisite number of persons, including presidential electors, are found to have an equal and the highest number of votes, the election of one of them shall be determined by lot”.
“There has never been a successful republican leaving Iowa to really make it a successful run here in New Hampshire”, noted Spradling.
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The caucuses marked the end of at least two candidates’ White House hopes. Clinton reportedly won six of the six tosses, albeit in competitions for county delegates, who are less important overall. In the upcoming Super Tuesday, Sanders is likely to be crowded out in the Southern-dominated landscape that favors Clinton.
