Donald Trump was essentially running as an incumbent.
With Donald Trump at the top, Iowa recorded the lowest caucus turnout in 24 years.
Donald Trump won the fewest votes and smallest percentage of votes and by the smallest margin than any candidate in an Iowa caucus who had previously held the office of president.
Of the very few who turned out, the most dedicated and most loyal Republican base, almost half voted against the quasi-incumbent.
Of the very few who turned out, the most dedicated and most loyal Republican base, 30% of die-hard Republicans said that they would not vote for Trump in a general election if he got convicted of any felony.
More than half of those who voted for Nikki Haley said that they would vote for Biden over Trump if Trump got the nomination.
For a candidate who already got smoked by SEVEN MILLION VOTES and an Electoral College margin that Donald Trump called a “landslide” when he had exactly the same margin four years earlier, that kind of weakness FROM HIS MOST LOYAL BASE in a caucus state (where you have to give up an evening to attend actual meetings and only the base turns out), that does not bode well for a November rematch against someone who is sharper, in better physical shape and definitely in better mental shape.
Donald Trump was essentially running as an incumbent.
With Donald Trump at the top, Iowa recorded the lowest caucus turnout in 24 years.
Donald Trump won the fewest votes and smallest percentage of votes and by the smallest margin than any candidate in an Iowa caucus who had previously held the office of president.
Of the very few who turned out, the most dedicated and most loyal Republican base, almost half voted against the quasi-incumbent.
Of the very few who turned out, the most dedicated and most loyal Republican base, 30% of die-hard Republicans said that they would not vote for Trump in a general election if he got convicted of any felony.
More than half of those who voted for Nikki Haley said that they would vote for Biden over Trump if Trump got the nomination.
For a candidate who already got smoked by SEVEN MILLION VOTES and an Electoral College margin that Donald Trump called a “landslide” when he had exactly the same margin four years earlier, that kind of weakness FROM HIS MOST LOYAL BASE in a caucus state (where you have to give up an evening to attend actual meetings and only the base turns out), that does not bode well for a November rematch against someone who is sharper, in better physical shape and definitely in better mental shape.