Big crowds don’t translate to win for Trump in Iowa

Hillary Clinton has narrowly won the Democratic caucuses in Iowa, outpacing a surprisingly strong challenge from Bernie Sanders to claim the first victory in the 2016 race for president.

The just-released final result follows a strong challenge from Mr Sanders, an avowed socialist, who gained 49.6% of the delegate count against Mrs Clinton’s 49.9%.

The New Hampshire primary will take place on Tuesday.

One more thing on the Republican side: If nearly no Republican party actors want Trump to win, and a majority also don’t want Cruz to win, will they put pressure on Bush and other also-rans to stop attacking Rubio?

The volley comes as Mr Trump looks to rebound in New Hampshire following Monday’s defeat in the first presidential nominating contest. Trump had gone into Monday’s caucus voting ahead of the Texas senator by five percentage points in a key poll but Cruz ended up winning, four points ahead of the NY billionaire.

For months, Donald Trump led almost every poll in the Hawkeye state, buoyed by boisterous crowds and large, high-energy rallies here.

Ted Cruz kicked off his New Hampshire swing with a high energy event in Windham, New Hampshire. Florida Senator Marco Rubio came in third with 23 percent, and made sure that he was still in the race. And he vowed to keep up his fight, telling cheering supporters that “we will go on to easily beat Hillary or Bernie or whoever the hell they throw up”. Young voters overwhelmingly backed Mr Sanders.

Cruz’s newly-energized campaign moved Tuesday to siphon support from Ben Carson who opted to return home to Florida rather than hit the trail in New Hampshire.

Iowa’s caucuses results were a bit shocking for many, as reported by Fox News Latino. “He Needs to probably show well in New Hampshire, doesn’t necessarily need to win, but needs to be credible”.

According to ad-buy data from Morning Consult, GOP presidential candidate Bush and his Super PAC Right to Rise spent about $14.1 million on ads in the state – more than any other presidential candidate, Huffington Post reports. In the hours leading up to the caucuses, that conversation continued to be dominated by Trump and the Democratic party’s anti-establishment candidate, Vermont Sen. Martin O’Malley has quit, Mike Huckabee has quit, the long Republican tail is mostly now toast.