Despite having earned the dislike if not outright hatred of virtually everyone who knows him, Ted Cruz has won the Iowa Republican caucuses. Cruz had vied for first place with Donald Trump, polling ahead of Trump briefly in December and early January, then falling behind again more recently as rivals raised questions about his Canadian birth and his failure to tithe. However, his stronger ground game appears to have given him the edge.
Cruz has been polling a distant second in New Hampshire and South Carolina, but will this give him the boost he needs to crowd out other rivals to Trump?
Tuesday, Feb 2, 2016 · 3:30:35 AM +00:00
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David Nir
While Cruz has won, we're still waiting on the outcome of those final outstanding precincts. We’ll want to see how close Marco Rubio can catch up to Trump. It’s already looking like Trump has fallen well short of expectations.