Monday night was a thriller, no doubt about it. Of course, the outcome of the Republican caucuses was not identical to the final Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll published Saturday night. We had the top four candidates identified, all right. But we had Donald Trump with the win over Ted Cruz.
After the release of the poll — and really, even at the release press event Saturday evening — we talked about “what ifs.” What could happen between then and Monday night that would produce a different ending to the story? The caucuses are, after all, designed for surprising twists. CONT.
J. Ann Selzer (Selzer & Co.), Des Moines Register