Sanders campaign flooded with donations after Iowa caucus

Republican Ted Cruz also campaigned in New Hampshire on Tuesday. The record on the Democratic side of the Iowa caucuses isn’t any better – the exception Cruz hopes to follow is that of Barack Obama’s in 2008.

A victorious Ted Cruz and buoyant Marco Rubio emerged from Iowa with compelling claims to the outsider and mainstream mantles in the fractured Republican primary, as the presidential race shifted overnight to New Hampshire. Sanders, who represents neighboring Vermont, now lead in New Hampshire. Bernie Sanders in the Iowa caucuses on Monday night – just barely.

“Well, I think we could have used a ground game, a term I wasn’t even familiar with”, Trump said Wednesday.

The tycoon went on to accuse the Cruz campaign of sending mailers to “thousands” of Iowa voters that were created to look like “voter violation” certificates.

Mr Trump, who boldly predicted victory for himself time and again in the run-up to the count, initially conceded.

The New Hampshire primary will take place on Tuesday.

“These young people, for the first time in the modern history of America, are looking at a situation where they may have a lower standard of living than their parents, while nearly all new income and wealth is going to the top 1%”, he said.

“He has said really outlandish things in the past and none of them have really hurt him in the polls”. That strategy might only make sense if they want Hillary to become president rather than Rubio.

“It was such a big story that I came in second (and didn’t win)”.

“It’s total voter fraud when you think of it, and he picked up a lot of those votes, and that’s why the polls were so wrong, because of that”, said Trump, who was leading in the latest polls in Iowa prior to the caucuses.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio put in a strong performance – with 23% of the vote – and is now the favourite to win the Republican nomination. “He Needs to probably show well in New Hampshire, doesn’t necessarily need to win, but needs to be credible”. In these first two days here, Gabby Giffords and husband Mark Kelly have already campaigned twice with Clinton – a sign the campaign is also making an effort to draw differences with Sanders on guns.