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Former US President Donald Trump has started strongly in his bid to receive the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. His success comes despite his facing numerous criminal charges.
Former US President Donald Trump on Monday won the first Republican presidential contest by an unprecedented margin, with caucusgoers in the Midwestern state of Iowa braving polar temperatures to cast their ballots.
Trump’s victory confirms his domination of the party, with the Iowa win showing that his supporters remain loyal despite him facing 91 criminal charges in several cases against him. Some of the charges concern his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
What were the results of the Iowa caucus?
With almost all of the vote counted, Trump had 51%, easily beating out Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on 21% and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley on 19%.
Donald Trump wins Iowa caucuses by huge margin
Trump has thus easily surpassed Bob Dole’s 1988 record margin of 12.8 percentage points for an Iowa Republican caucus victory.
The state result amply backs up results from national polls that have shown Trump, 77, with a massive lead in the contest to become Republican presidential candidate.
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who was also among the contenders for the Republican nominee, has now thrown in the towel after receiving less than 8% of the Iowa vote, endorsing Trump in a speech to his supporters after results became known.
The caucus had the lowest voter turnout in 25 years, possibly owing to the life-threatening cold and dangerous driving conditions prevailing in the state.
The contest now moves to the northeastern state of New Hampshire, with the second caucus scheduled in eight days’ time.
What has been the reaction to the result?
“THANK YOU IOWA, I LOVE YOU ALL!!!” Trump wrote in characteristic upper case on his social media platform, Truth Social, following news of his win.
In a rambling victory speech, Trump called for national unity.
“I really think this is time now for everybody, the country, to come together,” he said.
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