2024 Iowa Republican Caucus

(Associated Press) Party switcher for Haley
DES MOINES— Carol Hendrick is a lifelong Iowa Democrat, but she registered as a Republican on Monday night so she could caucus for Haley.

Hendrick said just before the GOP hopeful spoke at her caucus site in Des Moines that she would do “anything I could do” to keep Trump from becoming president again. “Her doing well makes Trump look worse,” Hendrick said. “I do wish her well. She’s an accomplished person.”

Hendrick said she would back Democrat Joe Biden in the general election, even if Haley won the Republican nomination.

(Associated Press) Trump leads GOP rightward march and other takeaways from the Iowa caucuses
WASHINGTON— Donald Trump’s iron grip on the Republican Party has been clear since the day he announced he would make another run for the White House 14 months ago. It can be seen in the party’s ideological shift even further to the right on cultural issues and, especially, on immigration policy.

Iowa Republicans were a clear reflection of that on Monday night, delivering the former president an emphatic victory. They channeled his anger, and his view that basically everything President Joe Biden has done has been a “disaster.” About 9 in 10 voters said they want upheaval or substantial change in how the government operates, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 1,500 voters who said they planned to take part in the caucuses.

As clear-cut as his win was, though, Iowa has not historically played the role of kingmaker in the Republican nominating process. New Hampshire’s voters don’t take their cues from Iowa.
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Current results
Donald Trump, 51.1% (20 delegates)
Ron DeSantis, 21.2% (9 delegates)
Nikki Haley, 19% (8 delegates)
Vivek Ramaswamy, 7.7% (3 delegates)
Asa Hutchinson, 1%

Current results...
Donald Trump, 51% (20 delegates)
Ron DeSantis, 21.3% (9 delegates)
Nikki Haley, 19% (8 delegates)
Vivek Ramaswamy, 7.7% (3 delegates)
Asa Hutchinson, 1%

(The Guardian) Trump speaks in Des Moines
Donald Trump is addressing a cheering crowd in Des Moines. ““I really think this is time now for everybody, our country, to come together,” he said.

The vote counts have pretty much settled now, with about 10 percent of the vote left to count; as things stand, the Iowa delegate count is...
1st} Donald Trump, 20 delegates
2nd} Ron DeSantis, 9 delegates
3rd} Nikii Haley, 8 delegates
4th} Vivek Ramaswamy, 3 delegates

(The Guardian) Most Republicans at Iowa’s caucus said they felt Donald Trump would be fit for the White House even if he were convicted of a crime, an entrance poll has revealed.

About two-thirds of caucus-goers also said they did not believe Democratic president Joe Biden legitimately won the 2020 election (there is no evidence of widespread fraud in that election, in which Biden won both the electoral college and popular vote), according to the poll.

Trump has been charged with 91 felony counts across four criminal cases.

Here are the updated highlights, reported by Reuters, from the Edison Research poll based on interviews with 1,628 Iowa Republicans:
--66% said they did not think Biden legitimately won the presidency in 2020.
--65% said they decided who to support in the presidential nomination contest before this month.
--65% said Trump would still be fit to be president if he were convicted of a crime. 31% said he would be unfit if convicted.
--61% said they favor a federal law that would ban abortions nationwide.
--53% of white caucus-goers who considered themselves evangelical or born-again Christians supported Trump, while 27% backed DeSantis.
--46% of voters said they considered themselves part of the Maga movement, a reference to Trump’s Make America Great Again slogan. 50% said they were not part of that movement.
--Trump led Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis by double digits among men and women alike. But among college graduates Trump was preferred by about 37% of caucus-goers, compared to 28% for Haley and 26% for DeSantis.
--38% percent of caucus-goers said the economy was the issue that mattered most in deciding who to vote for on Monday, compared to 34% who cited immigration, while the rest cited foreign policy or abortion.
--14% said the most important quality a Republican presidential nominee should have is the ability to beat Biden, compared to 41% who said shared values mattered most.