Trump Wins Iowa By Predicted Landslide, DeSantis Projected To Win Second

January 15, 2024
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA - JANUARY 15: A campaign sign supporting Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump sits outside of Valley High School where Republicans will caucus later tonight on January... WEST DES MOINES, IOWA - JANUARY 15: A campaign sign supporting Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump sits outside of Valley High School where Republicans will caucus later tonight on January 15, 2024 in West Des Moines, Iowa. Iowans will vote today in the state’s caucuses, the first contest in the 2024 Republican presidential nominating process. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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January 15, 2024

About a half hour after the Iowa caucuses got underway Monday, multiple networks plus the Associated Press had called the race for Trump.

With most of the vote counted, Trump maintains an expected mammoth margin on his competitors. Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley hover within a couple points of each other, DeSantis having the slight edge.

The frigid conditions in the state did not seem to dismay Trump diehards, as temperatures in Iowa dipped into the negatives. Trump, ever one to have his priorities in line, had told his followers: “Even if you vote and then pass away, it’s worth it.”

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About a half hour after the Iowa caucuses got underway Monday, multiple networks plus the Associated Press had called the race for Trump.

With most of the vote counted, Trump maintains an expected mammoth margin on his competitors. Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley hover within a couple points of each other, DeSantis having the slight edge.

The frigid conditions in the state did not seem to dismay Trump diehards, as temperatures in Iowa dipped into the negatives. Trump, ever one to have his priorities in line, had told his followers: “Even if you vote and then pass away, it’s worth it.”

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  1. Avatar for noonm noonm says:

    Caucus’s should be wrapping up shortly. Trump to be declared winner in 3…2…1…

  2. It’s a great place!

  3. Avatar for dave48 dave48 says:

    Ted Cruz won the Iowa caucus in 2016, Rick Santorum won it in 2012 and Mike Huckabee won it in 2008

    I think that about says it all. Iowa has become mostly irrelevant so, who cares who wins tonight? I think that if Haley makes a good showing though (maybe 20-30%) that could bolster her chances of winning New Hampshire. If she does, a lot of Republicans who have simply resigned themselves to the idea that Trump will win, but don’t much like him might reconsider their vote.

  4. I suspect DFG expects the split to be something like 80-10-5-5 in his favor, and when it’s not he will claim that the caucus was rigged.

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