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‘We acquired our ticket punched out of Iowa,’ DeSantis says
By ADRIANA GÓMEZ LICÓN
WEST DES MOINES— The Florida governor sounded a triumphant tone Monday night time after edging Haley within the GOP contest for second place in Iowa.
Supporters and volunteers chanted, “Ron, Ron, Ron!” as he thanked them for his or her work. DeSantis mentioned he was aggressively attacked forward of the caucus. “They threw all the pieces however the kitchen sink at us,” he mentioned.
“Due to your assist despite all of what they threw at us,” mentioned DeSantis, who staked the success of his marketing campaign on the Hawkeye State. “We acquired our ticket punched out of Iowa.”
DeSantis is heading subsequent to South Carolina, which is holding its GOP major on Feb. 24, after which to New Hampshire, which votes on Jan. 23.
DeSantis mentioned he represents the prospect to “reverse the insanity” however acknowledged the challenges forward.
“We now have a number of work to do. As the subsequent president of the USA, I’m going to get the job completed for this nation,” he mentioned.
Haley says her third-place end in Iowa exhibits momentum
Haley didn’t get the second-place finish she was hoping for, but she told Iowa caucusgoers that her standing shows her campaign has momentum.
The former U.N. ambassador noted that she went from low single-digit support when she entered the race to placing third in Iowa. She told a packed ballroom at her caucus night headquarters that Iowans had given her the sort of results that would enable her to run a campaign that would make them proud.
“When you look at how well we’re doing in New Hampshire, in South Carolina and beyond, I can safely say tonight Iowa made this Republican primary a two-person race,” Haley said.
Haley heads Monday night to New Hampshire, which holds the country’s first-in-the-nation GOP primary on Jan. 23.
Ramaswamy endorses Trump
Vivek Ramaswamy endorsed former President Donald Trump as he dropped from the race after a disappointing finish in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses.
Ramaswamy, a 38-year-old political novice who sought to replicate Trump’s rise as a bombastic, wealthy outsider, said, “As of this moment we are going to suspend this presidential campaign. There’s no path for me to be the next president absent things that we don’t want to see happen in this country.”
During the campaign, he needled his opponents but praised Trump as “the best president of the 21st century.” He argued, though, that Republicans should opt for “fresh legs” and “take our America First agenda to the next level.”
The approach, including his call for “revolution,” vaulted Ramaswamy into the mix of candidates vying to overtake Trump — or at least become a viable alternative.
His decision to drop out, though, becomes the latest confirmation that the former president, even at 77 years old and under multiple criminal indictments, still dominates Republican politics and remains the overwhelming favorite to win the GOP nomination for the third consecutive time.
Vivek Ramaswamy announces he’s suspending his presidential bid after a disappointing finish in Iowa
By The Associated Press
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy said Monday that he is suspending his 2024 Republican presidential campaign after a disappointing finish in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses.
Ramaswamy, 38, endorsed his rival, former President Donald Trump. He has previously called Trump the “best president of the 21st century” even as he tried to convince Republican voters that they should opt for “fresh legs” and “take our America First agenda to the next level.”
The wealthy political outsider also modeled his own bid on Trump’s run, campaigning as a fast-talking, headline-grabbing populist who relentlessly needled opponents.
Trump celebrates caucus victory with family and supporters
DES MOINES— Trump is celebrating his Iowa win.
The former president was flanked on stage by members of his family and senior campaign staff, as well as members of Congress and other supporters who traveled to Iowa to campaign by his side.
He began his remarks with a conciliatory tone, saying it’s time for the country to come together.
Trump offered a shout-out to DeSantis and Haley, whom he has skewered on the trail.
“I want to congratulate Ron and Nikki for having a good time together,” he quipped.
DeSantis takes second place in Iowa’s caucuses
By The Associated Press
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis finished in second place during the 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses over former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley in the fierce fight to emerge as the clear alternative to former President Donald Trump. (January 16)
DES MOINES— The Associated Press has determined that DeSantis will finish in a distant second in the Iowa caucuses, ahead of Haley and behind Trump.
With an estimated 10% of ballots remaining to be counted, DeSantis leads Haley by approximately 2,300 votes, or about 2 percentage points.
With votes reported in all but one of Iowa’s 99 counties, Haley isn’t doing well enough anywhere to catch DeSantis, based on the number of outstanding votes.
Haley loses lead in Iowa county she needs to perform well in
If Haley is going to finish in second place ahead of DeSantis, she will need to run up her margins against him in an Iowa county that she has just lost her lead in.
With around 96% of the expected vote in Story County reported, Haley trails Trump by 134 votes and leads DeSantis by just over 100 votes.
North of Des Moines, Story County is a relatively Democratic-leaning area. It includes Ames, home to Iowa State University, and has trended toward more moderate Republican candidates in past caucuses. Eight years ago, it was one of five counties that Sen. Marco Rubio won. This is the type of county that Haley, who has courted more moderate voters, needed to perform well in if she is to overtake DeSantis.
Haley was leading in Story for much of the night, but that was largely a function of Story reporting its votes relatively more slowly than neighboring counties. This is not unusual: In Iowa, larger, more populated precincts take longer to count — and therefore report — their votes. Smaller precincts, which are also likelier to vote for more conservative candidates, can count faster and report earlier. With just 221 votes reported in the first two hours of caucusing, Haley led until a little after 10:30 p.m. ET.
Most Trump supporters in Iowa caucuses say they knew they’d support him all along, AP VoteCast shows
By The Associated Press
AP VoteCast shows about 7 in 10 Iowans who caucused for Trump on Monday night said they’ve known all along they’d support the man who has remade the Republican Party through his “Make America Great Again” political movement. (Jan. 16)
In some ways, Iowa’s Republican caucuses were practically over before they began, with Donald Trump cultivating a deep network of support over three presidential runs.
About 7 in 10 Iowans who caucused for Trump on Monday night said they have known all along that they would support a man who has remade the Republican Party through his “Make America Great Again” political movement. Trump was carried to victory by the majority of caucusgoers who say they back it, a sign of his growing influence in a state that denied him a victory eight years ago.
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Trump leads GOP rightward march and other takeaways from the Iowa caucuses
Supporters arrive before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa on Monday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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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Trump, DeSantis and Haley are awarded their first delegates of 2024
By The Associated Press
DES MOINES— The Associated Press has allocated 16 of Iowa’s 40 delegates to Trump and four delegates each to Haley and DeSantis. These two dozen delegates represent 60% of the state’s total. Delegates will cast their votes at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this summer.
The way delegates are awarded differs by state, and in Iowa, the delegates are awarded proportionally based on the statewide vote. There are no minimum thresholds candidates need to reach in order to win delegates in Iowa. As of 10:05 p.m. Eastern time, with nearly 40% of the expected vote counted, Trump is receiving a majority of the vote. Based on the AP’s analysis of the initial vote and its AP VoteCast survey, Trump will win at least 40% of the vote in Iowa, and DeSantis and Haley will each win at least 10%.
The AP will allocate the state’s remaining delegates as more of the vote is counted.
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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.
Iowa caucuses reveal some vulnerabilities for Trump
By The Associated Press
Despite Trump’s commanding win in Iowa, the contest exposed some national vulnerabilities for the former president.
The suburbs are a relative weakness for Trump: Only about 4 in 10 of Iowa Republicans in the suburbs support him. Trump still bests his closest rivals in the suburbs, but not as strongly as he does in other areas, according to AP VoteCast, a survey conducted by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research of more than 1,500 voters who said they planned to take part in Monday’s Republican caucuses in Iowa.
Nor does Trump have as much appeal with college graduates. Just 2 in 10 of Trump’s Iowa backers hold a college degree, compared to roughly half of those who backed Haley and DeSantis.
And there are Trump’s legal troubles. About one-quarter of GOP caucusgoers say Trump has done something illegal when it comes to at least one of the legal cases he is facing: his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, his alleged attempts to interfere in the vote count in the 2020 presidential election or the discovery of classified documents at his Florida home that were supposed to be in government custody.
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A silent victory party
By The Associated Press
Typically, attendees at political victory parties assemble early to watch the results come in and erupt in cheers when their candidate wins.
But the call declaring Trump the winner of Iowa’s caucuses came so early that the former president wasn’t on site yet and his invited guests hadn’t yet arrived. So round cocktail tables draped with black tablecloths stood empty and bottles of wine and beer sat on ice awaiting the start of the party.
Trump is expected to speak later Monday night at the Iowa Events Center venue, flanked by many American flags.
First-time caucusgoer votes for DeSantis, citing economic concerns
By ADRIANA GOMEZ, JONATHAN COOPER
WAUKEE— Spencer Cook, a 24-year-old commodity trader, attended his first caucus on Monday night and voted for DeSantis.
Cook said he was motivated above all else by boosting the economy, which he said is “a little bit stagnant right now.” He said his salary doesn’t go as far as it did when he started his first job a year and a half ago.
“Buying a house for someone my age is really tough,” Cook said at his caucus site in Waukee. “Interest rates are high. Housing prices are really high.”
Haley appeals to voters who want to ‘move forward with no more vendettas’
By The Associated Press
CLIVE — Haley has added a forward-looking wind-up to her standard campaign speech that seemed to graze Trump.
“If you want to move forward with no more vendettas, if you want to move forward with a sense of hope, join us in this caucus,” she said. “I ask for your vote. And I promise you I will make sure every day I focus on what it takes to make you proud.”
Several hundred people at the Horizon Events Center rose to their feet in applause.
What’s next for Trump?
By The Associated Press
The magnitude of Trump’s success is still coming into focus and it is not immediately clear who will emerge as the second-place finisher.
But Trump was already looking ahead to a potential general election matchup against President Joe Biden as he addressed hundreds of cheering supporters at a caucus site at the Horizon Events Center in Clive, Iowa.
“He is totally destroying our country,” Trump said of Biden.
Trump is expected to fly to New York Monday night so he can be in court Tuesday as a jury is poised to consider whether he should pay additional damages to a columnist who last year won a $5 million jury award against Trump for sex abuse and defamation.
He will then fly to New Hampshire, the next state in the Republican primary calendar, to hold a rally Tuesday evening.
Race for second place is between Haley and DeSantis
DES MOINES — Haley and DeSantis are vying for second place in Iowa’s leadoff Republican caucuses.
The contest for runner-up narrowed to the former U.N. ambassador and the Florida governor on Monday night after Trump was declared the winner of the first-in-the-nation GOP voting contest.
Vivek Ramaswamy and Asa Hutchinson are among the other candidates competing for votes.
Trump addresses caucus site shortly before AP calls Iowa for him
CLIVE — Shortly before the AP called Trump the winner in Iowa, the former president spoke at a caucus site in Des Moines.
Trump was greeted with loud cheers and applause as he addressed the crowd.
“I would appreciate your vote. I think I deserve it,” he said, making the case that things were much better when he was in charge. “We were a great nation three years ago and today people are laughing at us,” he said.
Trump was proceeded on stage by Asa Hutchinson and followed by Vivek Ramaswamy.
How the AP called Trump the winner of Iowa’s caucuses
The Associated Press declared Trump the winner of the Iowa caucuses based on an analysis of early returns as well as results of AP VoteCast, a survey of voters who planned to caucus on Monday night. Both showed Trump with an insurmountable lead.
Initial results from eight counties showed Trump with far more than half of the total votes counted as of 8:31 pm. ET, with the rest of the field trailing far behind. These counties include rural areas that are demographically and politically similar to a large number of counties that have yet to report.
AP VoteCast also shows Trump with sizable leads among both men and women, as well as every age group and geographic regions throughout the state.
AP VoteCast is a survey conducted by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research of more than 1,500 voters who said they planned to take part in Monday’s Republican caucuses in Iowa.
Among voters who identify as born-again Christians, the survey found that Trump was favored by 58% voters intending to caucus, compared to 18% for DeSantis and 13% for Nikki Haley. Polls showed that was a relatively weak group of backers for Trump in Iowa in 2016.
So far, Trump is significantly outperforming his second-place 2016 caucus finish, when he received 24% of the vote, compared to 28% for Ted Cruz.
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Trump wins Iowa’s first-in-the-nation GOP caucuses
By The Associated Press
Trump has won Iowa’s leadoff presidential caucuses, giving him a strong start in the race for the 2024 Republican nomination.
His rivals are jostling for second place, hoping for a bump heading into New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary on Jan. 23.
Donald Trump has won the Iowa caucuses, a crucial victory at the outset of the Republican primary that reinforces the former president’s bond with his party’s voters. (Jan. 15)
Ramaswamy is hustling for support at a caucus site
CLIVE— Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is working until the last minute to round up votes.
He stopped by a caucus site in suburban Des Moines, telling voters, “I’d love to earn your support tonight.”
He fielded questions and compliments from a steady stream of voters lining up to speak with him or snap a selfie.
“I’m Jamie, and I just want to say congrats on a wonderfully run campaign,” one voter told him.
To another voter who sounded a little skeptical of him, Ramaswamy said, “We need someone with fresh legs” and said he’d fire most of the federal workforce.
“My parents came to this country the right way, too,” he told one person. “That’s what makes this country great.”
Trump and Hutchinson woo voters at the same caucus site
CLIVE — There are hundreds of caucus sites in Iowa. But Trump, the presumed front-runner, and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who is barely registering in the polls, both ended up at the same caucus site.
“We’re trusting you, Iowa, to get it right,” Hutchinson said, addressing several hundred voters at the Horizon Events Center in Clive.
Trump was holding backstage as Hutchinson spoke.
These are the coldest Iowa caucuses on record
By The Associated Press
DES MOINES — Iowa Republicans have gathered at caucus meetings across the state to pick their next GOP presidential nominee.
The coldest first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses on record kicked off Monday night at minus-3 degrees Fahrenheit in the capital city, with the wind chill making it feel like minus-20, according to the National Weather Service.
In the 2016 GOP caucuses, the AP first reported results at 8:32 p.m. ET, or 32 minutes after the caucuses convened. The caucus night tabulation ended at 12:50 a.m. ET with 99.9% of total votes counted.
How Iowa Republican caucusgoers see Haley and DeSantis
By The Associated Press
Among Iowa Republicans, Haley is something of an anti-Trump option, even though she was his U.N. ambassador.
She is the top candidate of GOP caucusgoers who say Trump did something illegal when it comes to at least one of the criminal cases against him, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 1,500 voters who said they planned to take part in Monday’s Republican caucuses in Iowa.
Among those who say they are caucusing for Haley, about 4 in 10 voted for Democrat Joe Biden over Trump in 2020.
Meanwhile, DeSantis performs best among the caucusgoers who are dissatisfied with Trump but say they would ultimately vote for him in the general election, according to AP VoteCast. DeSantis’ supporters are more likely than those for other candidates to say they think abortion should always be illegal.
He performs better than Haley does among those who describe themselves as conservative.
Most Iowa GOP caucusgoers back Trump’s MAGA movement
By The Associated Press
The majority of Iowa Republicans who are caucusing believe in the need to “Make America Great Again,” and that’s a sign of how Donald Trump and his political movement have transformed a state party that denied him a victory eight years ago. (Jam 15)
The majority of Iowa Republican caucusgoers believe in the need to “Make America Great Again,” a sign of how Trump and his political movement have transformed a state party that denied him a victory eight years ago.
That’s according to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 1,500 voters who said they planned to take part in Monday’s Republican caucuses in Iowa. The survey was conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The findings suggest that Trump is in a strong position as the caucuses began. He shows significant strength among urban, small town and rural communities. Trump also performs well with evangelical Christians and those without a college degree. One relative weakness for Trump comes in the suburbs, where only about 4 in 10 support him.
The caucuses are now underway
By The Associated Press
Iowa’s Republican caucuses begin as the 2024 GOP presidential primary gets underway.
Looking for results? We’ll bring you major updates on this page. You can also follow the AP’s 2024 election results tracker.
Caucusing is complicated. Trump’s campaign is enlisting an animated figure to help
By The Associated Press
The Trump campaign has been playing an instructional video before events in Iowa explaining how the quirky caucus process works. (Jan. 9)
Meatball Ron? Day One Dic-Tater? Iowa restaurant gets in on caucus fun
By The Associated Press
Zombie Burger in Des Moines rolled out a special menu in time for Iowa’s first-in-the-nation voting contest.
The quirky restaurant posted on its Instagram page that prospects can “rejoice the circus with these featured shakes + ONE-DAY-ONLY burgers at Zombie Burger!”
The particular on Jan. 12 was Mother-Aswamy’s Spaghetti burger, a smashed vegetarian meatball patty, fried spaghetti and marinara croquette with mozzarella in honor of Vivek Ramaswamy.
On Jan. 13, diners may nosh on Meatball Ron, a double smashed meatball patty with mozzarella, fried banana peppers, marinara and a “hidden” garlic bread elevate — impressed by DeSantis.
The meal of the day for Jan. 14 was American Historical past 101, that includes a double pimento cheese patty, pulled pork, pulled bacon, fried okra and Carolina Gold sauce. The Carolina Gold sauce was a giveaway for Haley.
And on caucus night time itself, prospects may dig right into a Day One Dic-Tater, with Flamin’ Sizzling Cheeto orange kielbasa sausage, Jack cheese, tater rounds, housemade sauerkraut and Russian dressing. Trump just lately vowed to solely be a dictator on “day one” of his subsequent time period.
And all through, diners had the selection of two particular drinks: a Sleepy Joe shake or a Darkish Brandon shake, each accessible with an alcohol possibility.
What’s the distinction between AP VoteCast and an exit ballot?
By The Related Press
Though it serves the same function, AP VoteCast is not an exit poll, which relies largely on in-person interviews with voters conducted outside of select polling places after they’ve cast their ballots.
Prior to the launch of AP VoteCast in 2018, the AP worked with other major news organizations to conduct Election Day exit polls.
AP VoteCast was created in part to reflect significant changes over the years in how people vote, from a world where most voters cast their ballots by showing up at the polls on Election Day to one where a growing number cast their ballots before Election Day.
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WATCH: Nikki Haley’s day of campaigning
By The Associated Press
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is making several last minute stops in Iowa ahead of Monday night’s caucus votes. (Jan. 15) (AP video: Meg Kinnard, Carrie Antlfinger)
What’s the AP VoteCast and how does it work?
Launched in 2018, AP VoteCast is a comprehensive survey of both voters and nonvoters that aims to tell the story behind the election results.
Conducted for The Associated Press and Fox News by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, it’s an in depth snapshot of the American voters that helps clarify who voted, who didn’t vote, what points they care about, how they really feel in regards to the candidates and why they voted the way in which they did.
AP VoteCast makes use of a mix of strategies — mail, cellphone and on-line interviews — to succeed in voters and seize their opinions in regards to the candidates and the election no matter whether or not they vote in-person on or earlier than Election Day or by mail-in poll.
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Haley wins over an undecided caucusgoer
NEWTON — Haley is making her case to some last-minute undecided caucusgoers — and successful over not less than one.
Throughout her third cease of a ultimate pre-caucus push in PB’s Pub, Haley requested for a displaying of arms from those that hadn’t but made up their minds.
“We’ve acquired one man,” she mentioned, seeing Chris Varney elevate his hand within the again.
After giving transient remarks and telling Iowans that “It’s go time,” Varney acquired an opportunity to talk with Haley.
“OK, she acquired me,” Varney mentioned, prompting cheers from different attendees.
Eric Trump predicts ‘nice night time’ for his father
By The Related Press
DES MOINES — The previous president’s son is asking it now: Will probably be a “nice night time” for Crew Trump.
He advised The Related Press hours earlier than Iowa’s kickoff caucuses: “All over the place I present up, there’s a whole lot and a whole lot of individuals, and so they’re all carrying the Make America Nice Once more hats and carrying American flags.”
He says, “I feel we’re going to have a terrific night time.”
He says that he’s seen great enthusiasm throughout the state for his father and that Republican voters are longing for a return to Trump’s insurance policies.
Iowa GOP caucusgoers say no to the established order
By The Related Press
DES MOINES — Iowa GOP caucusgoers need sweeping adjustments to how the federal authorities is run, in keeping with AP VoteCast.
About 3 in 10 say they’re in search of a whole and whole upheaval. An extra 6 in 10 caucusgoers say they need substantial adjustments.
Most caucusgoers belief Iowa elections, however about 4 in 10 will not be too assured or by no means assured within the integrity of U.S. elections. Practically 6 in 10 have little to no confidence within the U.S. authorized system.
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Ready for DeSantis however leaning towards different candidates
CEDAR RAPIDS — A number of hours earlier than the caucuses, Iowa Republican Steve Kessler sat in a sports activities bar awaiting an look by DeSantis, however he was nonetheless undecided about whom he would assist.
“I prefer to take my time,” the 65-year-old retired electrical engineer mentioned at Jerseys Pub & Grub.
However it wasn’t trying good for DeSantis.
“My coronary heart is with Vivek due to his rambunctiousness,” Kessler mentioned. “However I’m tempted to vote for Nikki to indicate my anti-Trump emotions.”
Why not DeSantis? “He’s not that charismatic,” he mentioned. “However I figured I ought to see him earlier than I’m going to caucus.”
Kessler was headed straight from the DeSantis occasion to his caucus web site in Coralville, about 30 miles south of Cedar Rapids.
Most Iowa GOP caucusgoers are unbothered by fees in opposition to Trump
By The Related Press
The legal fees in opposition to Trump have completed little harm to his repute amongst Republicans headed to Monday night time’s Iowa caucuses, in keeping with AP VoteCast.
About three-quarters of caucusgoers say the costs are political makes an attempt to undermine him, fairly than legit makes an attempt to research vital points.
Nonetheless, a few quarter say Trump has completed one thing unlawful relating to not less than one of many ongoing authorized instances he’s dealing with: his function within the January 6, 2021, rebellion on the U.S. Capitol, his alleged makes an attempt to intrude within the vote depend within the 2020 presidential election or the invention of categorised paperwork at his Florida residence that had been speculated to be in authorities custody.
Prime points for Iowa GOP caucusgoers: Immigration, economic system
By The Related Press
Survey exhibits Iowa Republicans are headed to their state’s caucuses on Monday with a larger need to give attention to immigration than handle the well being of the U.S. economic system. (Jan. 15)
About 4 in 10 GOP caucusgoers say immigration is a very powerful problem dealing with the nation, in keeping with AP VoteCast.
About one-third mentioned it was the economic system. Fewer individuals named different priorities, together with international coverage, well being care, abortion or power.
AP VoteCast is a survey of greater than 1,500 voters who mentioned they deliberate to participate in Monday’s Republican caucuses in Iowa, performed by The Related Press-NORC Heart for Public Affairs Analysis.
The overwhelming majority — 7 in 10 — mentioned immigrants had been a adverse for the nation, a sign that they’re not solely in search of extra order on the U.S. southern border however main cuts on what number of foreigners can come into the nation.
How will the Democratic caucuses work in 2024?
Iowa Democrats needed to utterly redo their caucus and presidential delegate choice course of after their 2020 caucuses devolved into chaos and failed to provide a transparent, undisputed winner.
This 12 months, Iowa Democrats will nonetheless maintain caucuses on the identical day as Republicans, however not like in earlier years, caucus-goers is not going to vote or point out their choose to signify the get together on the November presidential poll. As a substitute, they may vote for a celebration nominee by means of a mail-in voting course of that begins Jan. 12 and concludes on March 5.
The Democratic caucuses on Jan. 15 will elect delegates to the county conventions in March, which is the subsequent step in deciding on the people to function delegates to the Democratic Nationwide Conference in Chicago in August.
Nationwide conference delegates shall be required to vote for a presidential nominee in accordance with the outcomes of the mail-in voting course of.
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42-year-old Iowan plans to caucus for the primary time
FORT DODGE — Melanie Klaassen, 42, plans to take part in her first caucuses on Monday night time.
She and her husband, Michael, had been amongst an engaged crowd of Trump supporters at ShinyTop Brewing who gathered to see surrogates of the previous president.
The farmers from Pomeroy supported Trump in 2016 however went to their first rally in 2020 out of “curiosity,” she mentioned. They discovered camaraderie there with individuals from “all walks of life,” Melanie mentioned, who had been stereotyped as “dangerous, backwards individuals.”
“We’ve all the time voted, however we didn’t care both means the way it turned out,” she mentioned. That’s modified since Trump. “It seems like our voices actually matter extra,” she mentioned.
‘The world is relying on Iowa,’ Kari Lake says
FORT DODGE — Dozens of Trump supporters are gathered at ShinyTop Brewing to rise up shut and private with among the former president’s best-known endorsers, together with Reps. Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene, in addition to U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake of Arizona.
“I need to let you know how a lot the world is relying on Iowa tonight,” Lake advised the gang. She added: “What you’re going to do tonight is you’re going to assist save this world.”
The Iowa impact
Iowa usually winnows the sphere, nudging underperforming candidates out of the race.
Within the 2016 Republican caucuses, 2008 caucus winner Mike Huckabee and 2012 winner Rick Santorum each ended their campaigns shortly after their ninth and eleventh locations finishes.
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Trump attracts assist from Iowa evangelicals forward of the caucuses
Trump has lengthy appeared like an unlikely match for the conservative Christians who form the primary contest of the Republican major in Iowa. However as the previous president once more seeks the White Home, he’s discovering extra supporters among the many trustworthy. (Jan 7) (AP video: Mark Vancleave)
An Iowa voter desires to dimension up Haley earlier than the caucuses
PELLA — Some voters are nonetheless ready to get the proper impression from candidates simply hours earlier than the caucuses.
Darla De Haan mentioned Monday as she ate lunch at The Bread Board that she had Nikki Haley on the high of her checklist however needed to listen to from the candidate in individual. Haley was set to look later Monday afternoon on the Pella restaurant.
De Haan, a psychotherapist, mentioned that she had not caucused in years however was trying ahead to taking part this time.
“For me, it’s actually about character,” De Haan mentioned. “I need to see individuals who have integrity, who preserve their phrase. … I type of get a way once you’re round somebody, in the event that they’re going to do what they are saying.”
De Haan mentioned she had not seen different 2024 candidates as they’ve campaigned by means of Iowa over the previous 12 months however was to listen to what Haley needed to say throughout her spherical of closing arguments to the state’s caucusgoers.
How Iowa grew to become the primary to vote
FILE – Jimmy Carter, Democratic presidential candidate, left, speaks to a crowd of supporters on the Van Ryswyk farm in Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 24, 1976. The once-every-four-years Iowa caucuses grew to be an entrenched a part of U.S. politics, catapulting little-known one-time peanut farmer Carter’s bid for the White Home. (AP Picture, File)
After the bloody 1968 Democratic Conference, the Democrats created a fee in search of to empower ladies, minority voters and younger individuals in deciding on their presidential nominee.
The post-1968 Democratic reforms had a long-lasting impact on Iowa. New get together guidelines required extra time to move between the state get together’s 4 tiers of conventions, which ranged from native to statewide. That pressured Iowa’s Democratic leaders to begin the method earlier within the calendar.
When it grew to become clear Iowa’s caucuses may transfer forward of New Hampshire — the place the first had kicked off presidential voting for many years — officers jumped on the probability.
In January of 1972, the corn-producing state tucked inside America’s heartland hosted the Democratic Get together’s opening presidential contest for the primary time. Republicans adopted 4 years later.
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‘It’s caucus day. Get excited!’ Haley tells supporters
DES MOINES — Dozens of individuals packed right into a diner close to Drake College as they waited for Haley.
“It’s caucus day. Get excited!” Haley mentioned to a crowd of a number of dozen, lots of whom drank espresso from cups festooned with “Choose Nikki” stickers.
Talking on to these serving as caucus captains, Haley requested them to “converse from the guts” of their Monday night time speeches.
The GOP candidate plans to make a number of stops in central Iowa forward of Monday night time’s votes, together with making an look at a caucus location earlier than heading to her marketing campaign celebration.
Trump begins caucus day by trash-talking his rivals
DES MOINES — Trump is stepping up his assaults in opposition to his rivals on the morning of Iowa’s kickoff caucuses.
On his Fact Social web site, Trump is knocking Haley, his former U.N. ambassador, as “an undesirable Globalist” and calling her “weak on the Border.”
Trump can be going after Vivek Ramaswamy, the tech entrepreneur who has run as a steward of his Make America Nice Once more motion.
“A vote for Vivek is a wasted vote,” Trump wrote in all caps. “I like Vivek, however he performed it too ‘cute’ with us. Caucus tonight, vote for Donald J. Trump, construct up the numbers!!!”
Trump spent a lot of the race praising Ramaswamy for saying good issues about him. However Trump turned on him this week after Ramaswamy posted a photograph of himself posing with supporters carrying “Save Trump, vote Vivek” T-shirts.