No trust? Microsoft to count Iowa votes

Although Clinton said she feels “really good about our campaign here in Iowa” and is “proud of the grass-roots organizing” her campaign has done, she acknowledged that the mood of the country is “unsettled” and that she has had to grapple with that as a candidate. Contrasting with Clinton’s fundraising portfolio, just 1.3 percent of Sanders’ donors have reached the maximum $2,700 limit the Federal Election Commission imposes on campaign donations.

Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have been at the top of the polls for some time.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016.

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shakes hands with the audience after the NBC News – YouTube Democratic presidential candidates debate in South Carolina January 17, 2016. But those candidates exceeding expectations will gain a burst of momentum heading into New Hampshire with its Feb 9 primary and other early voting states.

Trump posted a short video on Facebook, showing him holding up a Bible given to him by his mother. I want everybody who can’t afford it to be able to have tuition with out borrowing anything. Texas Senator, and native Houstonian, Ted Cruz was center stage instead of Trump. There, local party precinct captains – and perhaps in some cases the candidates themselves – will be allowed to make brief speeches to persuade voters over to their side. Florida Senator Marco Rubio was third with 11 percent.

“You have a right to be angry”, Rubio told more than 300 people at a university hall in Ames, Iowa. This year it looks like the parties could catch a break with temperatures expected to remain above freezing for most of the state until the event is over.

“In terms of what people are going to get slapped with, look at the front pages today in terms of what Secretary Clinton is getting slapped with”, Sanders said on ABC’s “This Week”, referring to Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of state.

“What we’re seeing is the old Reagan coalition coming together….”

“Hillary is tough. Hillary is courageous”, Giffords told the crowd of roughly 1,100.

Sanders supporters say nothing will stand in their way.

Partnering with the Iowa Democrats and Microsoft in development of an app that, according to Kaufmann, has internal checks that will flag potential problems with results “so we can double check that”. In Trump’s absence, his rivals pummeled each other over health care and immigration in an earnest attempt to show they’re the party’s best Trump alternative.

“I believe it would be powerful to have a woman president”, she said.

The Iowa Poll, conducted by The Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics and released late Saturday, showed Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton hanging on to their narrow leads in the Hawkeye State.

One national survey suggests that Mr Sanders enjoys a 19 point lead over Mrs Clinton among women aged 18 to 34.

In the last major preference poll before the caucuses, Trump had the support of 28 percent of likely Republican caucus-goers, with Cruz at 23 percent and Rubio at 15 percent.

With just 48 hours before the caucus doors open, Clinton earned a coveted, if not unexpected, endorsement from The New York Times, whose editorial board described her as “one of the most broadly and deeply qualified presidential candidates in history”. He received an endorsement from the lieutenant governor of SC last week.