16 January 2024 - Trump wins Iowa caucuses
Iowa caucuses: What Trump's dominant win means for his rivals
Anthony Zurcher (BBC News, 16/01/2024)
It was perhaps the least surprising victory in the history of the Iowa caucuses.
Donald Trump won by a landslide in the first contest in the Republican race for a presidential nominee, the margin in the end as comfortable as the polls had predicted for months.
Most Trump supporters in Iowa caucuses say they knew they’d support him all along, AP VoteCast shows
Josh Boak and Linley Sanders (AP News, 16/01/2024)
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.
The last remnants of the Republican Party died in Iowa
Dana Milbank (The Washington Post, 15/01/2024)
They lined up for hours, some of them, in the minus-38-degree wind chill to see their candidate. It was the only rally Donald Trump was giving in the state in the days before Monday’s caucuses, so for the MAGA faithful, this was the golden ticket.
Iowa caucus key takeaways: Trump’s hold on Republicans is clear but second place isn’t
Guardian staff (The Guardian, 16/01/2024)
The Iowa caucuses took place on Martin Luther King Jr’s Day, a national holiday, while a raging winter storm swept through the region.
But still many Iowans made it to their precinct to cast their vote in the first Republican state primary of the 2024 election year.