Voting begins in Iowa caucuses amid tight Democratic, Republican races

He has been in the news for his unconventional style but Republican Donald Trump’s unique campaigning for the presidential nomination will test the waters on Monday when the Iowa caucuses, the first in the nationwide procedure of choosing Barack Obama’s successor, will be held.

Trump leads Cruz, 31 to 24 percent, in the Quinnipiac poll released Monday morning. A spokeswoman for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton said they had 2,000 volunteer get-out-the-vote shifts filled on Saturday alone. Sanders has said a really large turnout at the Iowa caucus would work in his favor, but Clinton seems to believe a swollen turnout would work well for her, too.

However, Cruz was quick to defend it, saying, “I will apologize to nobody for using every tool we can to encourage Iowans to come out and vote”, he said as quoted by the news outlet.

You must be 18 years of age as of Tuesday, November 8 (Election Day) in order to participate in the caucus. In the past, white evangelical voters have made up almost half of Republican primary voters and caucus-goers. Clinton has more support among older voters who regularly show up for the caucuses. “And so we feel really good about our chances, we feel really good about our reach and I think you’re going to have a surprise on a caucus night”. Clinton is edging Sanders by three percentage points – 45 percent to 42 percent.

Clinton, the former Secretary of State, said she had been subjected to “years of scrutiny, and I’m still standing”. I got it. I’m going to caucus.

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. The billionaire took communion when it was passed, but initially he mistook the silver plates being circulated around the auditorium, and dug several bills out of his pocket. “But what I do think is interesting is, I’ve laid out the most comprehensive, toughest, effective plan to make sure Wall Street never wrecks Main Street again – don’t take my word for it – that’s what Paul Krugman and Barney Frank and others have said”.

Rubio said, in an appearance on the same program immediately following Cruz (the two hugged, according to moderator Chuck Todd, as they crossed paths) that he was now advocating “securing the border” before any reform. The Texas senator directed most of his final advertising against Rubio as the senators’ feud intensified at the Iowa finish line.

TV and radio personality Glenn Beck spoke at the event, urging voters to join him in supporting Cruz.

However, Rubio, who’s not always dragged along political feuds as frequently as Trump, has also slammed Cruz. “Amnesty. The Republican Obama”, as quoted by the publication. And that’s why Cruz has been telling his supporters that if Trump wins Iowa, he will be unstoppable. Will that also be true on the Republican side? But it depends on who fades most.

It’s finally here: The Iowa caucus has arrived.

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush began his final full day campaigning in Iowa quietly and reflectively, taking in Mass at the Cathedral of St. Raphael in Dubuque.