Trump also suggested that one unnamed poll – perhaps widely respected The Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics survey, which found him five points ahead of Cruz – had inflated expectations that he would win in the state.
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In this January 7, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump flashes thumbs up after an address to a group of supporters at a campaign stop at the Flynn Center of the Performing Arts in Burlington, Vermont.
Clinton acknowledged her second-place status and the advice from some that she should give up on the Granite State.
Mr Trump pointed to the fact that during the caucus the Cruz campaign told voters rival Ben Carson planned to quit the race, which was not true.
“I’m going to have some work to do to reach out to young voters – maybe first-time voters who have to make a tough decision as they evaluate who should be our president, our commander-in-chief”.
“And finally, Cruz strongly told thousands of caucusgoers (voters) that Trump was strongly in favour of ObamaCare and “choice” – a total lie!” he said.
Cruz was declared the victor of the Iowa caucus with 27.6 percent of the Republican vote compared with 24.3 percent for Trump. “We came a long, long way in Iowa, and now we’re in New Hampshire, and we have a lot of momentum”.
“While Sanders did very well, in some ways perhaps surprisingly well, I don’t think it changes the trajectory of the race very much”, Redlawsk said. The AP reported Tuesday afternoon that final results show Clinton pulled in 49.9 percent of the vote.
Trump stated that Cruz’s action was “one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever seen”.
Trump completed his Twitter comments Wednesday saying that Cruz’s results should be disqualified or a new election/caucus should be held in Iowa. Sanders has invigorated the Democratic fight, and he has stirred young people and others who believe the party of FDR should stick with its liberal history. Many Republicans believe that the blustery populist Trump and the aggressively conservative Cruz could not defeat the Democratic nominee in November.
“No candidate who has finished below third place has ever gone on to win the White House”, she said.
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Carson had tweeted his feelings about the Iowa vote on Tuesday.
