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Donald Trump has won the 2024 Iowa caucuses, with the Associated Press and news networks calling the race shortly after 8.30pm.
Life-threatening cold weather conditions appear to have impacted voter turnout at the 2024 Iowa caucus as subzero temperatures and an extreme wind chill left most of the state in blizzard-like conditions.
Caucus meetings saw Mr Trump and the other Republican presidential candidates Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy making their final pitch to voters to participate in the first-in-the-nation caucus.
But with wind chill values of -25°F to -35°F and frostbite possible within 10 minutes of outdoor exposure, it was uncertain if voters would make their way to support the candidates vying for second place behind the current Republican frontrunner and former president.
In final Iowa polling, Mr Trump held a substantial lead over the other candidates which is how things played out on Monday night.
Mr DeSantis edged out Ms Haley for second place, with both continuing to the New Hampshire primary. Mr Ramaswamy dropped out of the race and endorsed Mr Trump.
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Vivek Ramaswamy drops out of Republican primary race
Oliver O'Connell 16 January 2024 05:15
33 minutes ago Haley campaign releases memo setting expectations ahead of New Hampshire primary
Nikki Haley’s campaign has released a memo setting expectations ahead of the New Hampshire primary next week.
"As an ex-president, Donald Trump has always been running as a quasi-incumbent. Voters know what they think of Trump and whether they want more of him or prefer an alternative.
“In Iowa, Trump frequently predicted a win by a 60-point margin. He won by 30%. In a state in which caucus voters are among the most pro-Trump of any electorate in America, he got 51%, and 49% preferred someone else. That’s far from the ringing endorsement of Trump that the media portrays.
“The race now moves to less Trump-friendly territory. And the field of candidates is effectively down to two, with only Trump and Nikki Haley having substantial support in both New Hampshire and South Carolina. That never happened in the 2016 nominating contest, when a larger field allowed Trump to win many primaries with pluralities rather than majorities.”
Oliver O'Connell 16 January 2024 05:06
40 minutes ago Nigel Farage says American democracy in better shape than Britain’s
Nigel Farage said he believes that American democracy is in better shape than Britain’s, even as polls show many Americans expect violence to follow the 2024 election, in a possible repeat of the January 6, 2021 insurrection after the 2020 election.
Appearing on the British right-leaning TV news channel GB News from Iowa, the Brexit campaigner said the Trump team are “pretty bullish. They really are. If the polls are right ... he’s going to win this caucus this evening by quite a big margin”.
Gustaf Kilander reports:
Nigel Farage says American democracy in better shape than Britain’s Brexit leader says Trump is ‘going to win this caucus this evening by quite a big margin’
Oliver O'Connell 16 January 2024 05:00
41 minutes ago Just one vote separates Trump and Haley in Johnson County
Oliver O'Connell 16 January 2024 04:59
49 minutes ago Haley claims Iowa has made this a ‘two-person race'
Finishing in a distant third place, Nikki Haley nevertheless declares that it’s a two-person race.
She told her supporters tonight that Americans don’t want a Trump-Biden rematch. “Do you want more of the same or a new generation of conservative leaders?”
Ms Haley hasn’t mentioned Ron DeSantis once, opting instead to take on the frontrunners.
“Our campaign is the last hope to stop the Trump-Biden nightmare,” she said.
Oliver O'Connell 16 January 2024 04:50
54 minutes ago Ramaswamy suspends campaign after coming fourth in Iowa
Vivek Ramaswamy is ending his presidential campaign after finishing fourth in the Iowa Caucuses.
The 38-year-old biotech entrepreneur and anti-woke author is expected to endorse Donald Trump after the former president’s overwhelming victory in the first contest in the Republican presidential primary.
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