Two very competitive contests in Iowa Monday night were decided by very different factors. Here are some key findings from the CBS News Iowa entrance poll. CONT. Stanley Feldman & Melissa Herrmann, CBS News Read more »
2nd-Place Finish Pierces Donald Trump’s Mystique, but Another Chance Comes Quickly
Donald J. Trump, the builder, casino owner, golf course developer, reality television star and tabloid fixture who said his “life has been about winning” and led every national Republican presidential poll for the past seven months, will now be known by a title to which he is unaccustomed: loser. CONT. […] Read more »
How the ‘Virtual Tie’ in Iowa Helps Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders is right: The Iowa Democratic caucuses were a “virtual tie,” especially after you consider that the results aren’t even actual vote tallies, but state delegate equivalents subject to all kinds of messy rounding rules and potential geographic biases. … But in the end, a virtual tie in Iowa […] Read more »
Schisms Carve the Iowa Contests, Leaving a Murky Political Calculus
Schisms galore marked the Iowa caucuses, with enough divisions in the Republican and Democratic parties to make the contests look like a political calculus class. … The results of the Iowa entrance polls, analyzed for ABC News by Langer Research Associates, leave open questions for both sides on how soon […] Read more »
How Ted Cruz won Iowa
Powered by enormous support from very conservative voters, Ted Cruz surged past expectations to capture a victory in the Iowa caucuses on Monday night. Cruz earned the support of 4 in 10 “very conservative” voters in the state, a group which made up 40 percent of the electorate according to […] Read more »
The two Democratic parties fight to a draw in Iowa
Two Democratic parties showed up to vote in Iowa on Monday night, and with nearly all of the delegates tallied, the result is essentially a tie. Entrance polling showed the Democratic party of Bernie Sanders is younger (he earned about six times as much support as Clinton from those under […] Read more »