Clinton takes Iowa, beating back Sanders’ strong challenge

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, the third candidate, has trailed them by wide margins. And, polls throughout Monday showed that Vermont Sen.

The former president has dubbed Mrs Clinton a “world-class change-maker, ” saying that she makes everything she touches better. He says that it will be Hillary Clinton who is the problem, because she cannot attract enough excitement with younger voters. Three in 10 first-timers favored Trump, while 3 in 10 who had attended a previous caucus supported Cruz.

Clinton was favored by moderates and Sanders by those who said they are very liberal, while those who were somewhat liberal were split between the two.

As of early Tuesday morning, Clinton was declared the victor with 49.9 percent of Iowa delegates, while Sanders took 49.6 percent, with 1,682 precincts reporting out of a total of 1,683. On ABC’s “This Week”, host George Stephanopoulos asked Clinton if Sanders’ affiliation as a democratic socialist would adversely affect the Democratic Party’s electoral prospects from the top down.

Because donors look at these two states closely to decide who to support financially, and the Sanders camp heavily depends on the Average Joe to keep the train going (he surpassed two million campaign contributions in December), pulling out two consecutive wins could be the momentum he needs to clinch the presidential nomination.

“Iowa will be much more important for the Republicans… they’ll have a chance to weed some folks out (from) a crowded field”, he said. Angry caucus-goers were split between billionaire real estate developer Donald Trump and Texas Sen.

GOP caucus-goers were split between those wanting an outsider versus someone with political experience.

Trump and Cruz both have been trying to tap into voter discontent on the campaign trail.

“Our readers have demanded a debate to help them see who is most fit to be the Democratic nominee for President”, said Joseph W. McQuaid, president and publisher of the Union Leader. “And if there are issues, that Republicans and their allies on the right believe they could use to bring down a Democratic, they’re going to use it”.

He said that Sanders would be pleased to debate Clinton in Flint, Michigan, before the Michigan primary as long as Clinton will agree to one in Brooklyn, New York, on April 14. Cruz challenged Rubio’s conservative credentials.

The survey was conducted for AP and the television networks by Edison Research as voters arrived at 40 randomly selected sites for Democratic and Republican caucuses in Iowa. “Republicans, needless to say, have a different point of view on that”.