Trump wins big, period – Washington Examiner
TRUMP WINS BIG, PERIOD. Des Moines Even though it was the first time Republicans had voted in this presidential contest, there was a last-stand mentality here in Iowa among those who hoped to stop former President Donald Trump from reclaiming the Republican nomination. Their goal was to push the candidacy of former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley hard and hope that Haley, together with the fading Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), would not actually defeat Trump but keep him below 50% of the total vote. That way, they would argue that, in total, more GOP caucus voters had voted for someone other than Trump than voted for him.
It didn t work. Trump won with 51% of the vote and can now make the opposite argument: I won more votes than all the opposition combined. It s over. Why don t we just give me the nomination right now? An even shorter version of the night is: Trump won big, period.
He won 98 of Iowa s 99 counties the one he lost, in the county where the University of Iowa is located, he lost to Haley by a single vote, and even that might change in the final tally. And Trump won every group. He won women voters. He won men. He won urban, suburban, and rural voters. He won every age group over 30, losing only the 18-to-29 group. He won evangelical Christians. He won college graduates. He won those without a college degree. In short, he won everybody.