Preliminary results showed at 5 o’clock that Trump has received 50.9 percent of the vote. By then, 90 percent of the votes had been counted. Then Donald Trump took the podium. – I think it is time for everyone now, our country, to come together, Donald Trump said at the start of his speech in Iowa. Donald Trump has not been formally declared the winner, as the votes are still being counted, but it is already clear that he will win the nominating process in Iowa. If so, no other Republican candidate in history has won so clearly in Iowa. In 2000, George W. Bush received around 40 percent of the vote, Trump has received more than half. Trump also has more votes than numbers two and three combined, so there isn’t a clear alternative to him either. US President Joe Biden says that the Iowa victory makes Trump an obvious main opponent in the presidential election. The battle for second place Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is set to get 21.3 percent. Former UN ambassador and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley has the support of 19 percent of Republican voters in Iowa, preliminary figures show. There was never any doubt that Donald Trump would emerge victorious from the Iowa caucuses. The latest poll published by the Des Moines Register/NBC News over the weekend showed that Trump has the support of 48 percent of Republicans in Iowa. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley are both fighting to avoid a third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses. Photo: AP In the same poll, former US ambassador to the UN and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley passed DeSantis in Iowa for the first time with 20 percent support. This despite the fact that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has campaigned in the most places in Iowa. DeSantis received only 16 percent support in the poll. Now the count so long suggests that Ron DeSantis once again secures second place. For him, a victory over Nikki Haley means win or lose in the race to become the Republican presidential candidate. The third Trump challenger, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, announced at 5.15 Norwegian time that he will leave the election campaign. According to the New York Times’ count, he is likely to get 8 percent of the vote. Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy have all spent enormous amounts of time and money campaigning in Iowa. Combined, all the candidates and their supporters have spent $105 million here in the past year alone, according to The Wall Street Journal. Short voting time The election was open between 0200 and 0400 on Tuesday night Norwegian time. Iowa is known for having motivated voters. During the nomination meetings, citizens usually flock to the 1,657 meeting places in church basements, gymnasiums and private homes. To participate in voting for the person you want as your Republican presidential candidate, you must show up physically. Only active military and Americans abroad can pre-vote. Tonight, the Trump cap won’t do. Voters in Iowa must brave the bitter cold to support their Republican presidential candidate. Photo: AFP Demanding for voters This time the weather gods may have played an absolutely decisive role. Over the weekend, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis had to cancel several election rallies. The extreme cold is ravaging the Midwest. It is about what could be the coldest conditions in modern times during a presidential election period, with blizzards and winds that in some places can bring temperatures down to 42 degrees Celsius. – I know it’s cold, but we need you out there. Let’s have a strong finish, Nikki Haley said in a campaign video. Nikki Haley encourages guests at Drake Diner, in Des Moines, Iowa to vote. Photo: AP DeSantis said Sunday that he puts his faith in his “highly motivated” supporters. – Bring your friends and family. It’s going to make a difference, he said. Donald Trump was even clearer. – You cannot stay at home. Even if you go out and vote and then you die, it’s worth it, Trump said to laughter from a crowd of about 600 people in Indianola on Sunday. New election next week Now Trump is asking his party and rivals to get behind him, but next week the election will be completely different than in Iowa. New Hampshire, the next state to nominate, has more college graduates, fewer evangelical Christians and more moderate Republicans than Iowa. Nikki Haley is well in the polls there and could give Trump a fight.
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