According to first estimates, Trump won the Iowa caucus. international

A slogan in the hallway of North High School in Des Moines, Iowa reads, “It’s always a good day to be a polar bear.” The Polar Bears are the sports teams of this institution where a group of Republican voters have gathered to choose their candidate for the November presidential election. The temperature outside is minus 21 degrees. Sure it’s a good day to be a polar bear, but it’s also a good day to be Donald Trump. According to the first estimates, the former President has won the Iowa caucuses as the polls had predicted.

Trump has been the candidate with the most votes in hundreds of civic gatherings that have demonstrated this Monday who is their favorite to challenge Joe Biden for the White House on November 5. The victory in snowy Iowa, covered in snow and subject to arctic temperatures, is only the first step in the primary race, but it represents a coup of power for Trump, who is untouched by his four indictments for 91 alleged crimes. They weigh you down, but they give you wings.

Trump’s victory has been spectacular, given the speed with which television and media data analysts certified his victory, including the nearly infallible AP. Apparently, he has broken the record of Bob Dole, who won the 1988 Iowa caucuses by just 12 points and set a record.

Without knowing who was second and third for Ron DeSantis, the result is completely disappointing. Television has been having fun with its messaging changes in recent times. A few months ago he said: “We’re going to win in Iowa.” A few weeks ago: “We’re going to do well in Iowa.” The reality is that despite covering all 99 counties and having a white, conservative and religious state that supports his political profile, DeSantis has failed.

caucus from iowa They are political gatherings that began this Monday at 7:00 pm local time (2 am on Tuesday in mainland Spain), in hundreds of civic centers, schools, sports centers, churches and even in every corner of this state. were also organized in private homes. Out of 3.2 million inhabitants. Republican voters in those places have expressed their preferences for candidates. In most cases, speeches and debates take place, although this is not necessary. In the Republican case, groups are not formed or candidates who do not reach a certain percentage of votes are eliminated. These were their characteristics caucus Iowa Democrats as of 2020. Here, although those who participate are more participatory and often like to express themselves and defend their views, the vote is secret and differences are reduced as with traditional primaries.

At the North Institute, John Satre has been in charge of defending Trump’s candidacy. He told EL Paes that this is the second time he has served as captain caucus, are known as volunteers who act as spokespeople for their candidates. In 2016, curiously, he defended Senator Ted Cruz against Trump, but now he is dedicated to the cause of making America great again. “Trump is what the country needs, he has shown that he has common sense,” he defends without blinking. He has publicly defended Trump with almost simultaneous translation in Spanish, even though there were hardly any Latino voters in the room.

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Irma Fralick, 60, from Nikki Haley’s home state South Carolina, has come from Pennsylvania to seek votes for her. “Nikki can defeat Biden. Trump has a very strong base, but it is not enough. “Nikki can unite the country, she’s conservative, she doesn’t want a big government, she wants a balanced budget,” she explains to EL PACE. She adds, “She’s the only one who wears her pants properly.”

Mike Dorwart, 63, lived in Florida before moving to Iowa, which is partly why he defends Ron DeSantis. “I think it will be good for the country, he is the right person for this time because of his experience and everything,” he explains. “The desire to defeat Joe Biden in November unites all Republicans,” he said.

He caucus The North Institute has functioned as a disorganized assembly, without a public address system, with many people intervening in parallel, with protests over the delay in commencement and some chaos in the voting. Just under a hundred Republicans attended. Organizers said, “The bad weather deserves attention.” In addition to speeches in defense of Trump, Haley and DeSantis have also defended the candidacies of Vivek Ramaswamy and Asa Hutchinson. Even before voting began, the news reached the high school assembly hall that Trump had won Iowa. Live broadcast of the contradictions of democracy.

democrats have been demoted caucus That’s after Iowa’s failed 2020 count, which was delayed by several days and was never fully reliable. President Joe Biden, who had a disappointing result in the state four years ago, has emphasized casting first votes in more diverse states that better represent his party and the country. Iowa Democrats acknowledged that their votes would be by mail and would not be completed and published until March. This Monday they met to discuss party business, but not to vote.

Officially, that party’s primary process begins in South Carolina on February 3, and then moves to Nevada. However, the New Hampshire Democratic Party is moving forward with a Jan. 23 primary that the party’s national system says will be invalid.

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