President Donald Trump was the near-unanimous winner Monday night of the 2020 Iowa Republican caucuses, receiving only token opposition from two challengers within his party.
Although the vast share of attention on this year's Iowa caucuses was focused on Democratic candidates vying to oppose Trump, the Republican Party of Iowa still held traditional meetings statewide for nearly 1,700 precincts to allow the party faithful to have their voices heard.
With 95% of Iowa counties reporting Monday night, Trump had received almost 97% of the 26,484 GOP votes cast.
Iowa Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver, an Ankeny Republican who spoke at his community's precinct caucuses, described November's election as a fight for the soul of the country, adding, "President Trump has laid this out" as a choice between socialism or capitalism and free markets.
A November Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll found 76% of registered Republicans who didn't plan to attend the Democratic caucuses said they will definitely vote to reelect Trump.
Trump carried Iowa by more than 9 percentage points in the 2016 general election against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, although Democratic nominee Barack Obama carried Iowa in both 2008 and 2012 as he won two presidential terms.
This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: 2020 Iowa caucus: President Trump recaptures overwhelming Iowa Republican support.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/2020-iowa-caucus-president-trump-recaptures-overwhelming-iowa-republican-support/ar-BBZCylM?ocid=spartanntp
Although the vast share of attention on this year's Iowa caucuses was focused on Democratic candidates vying to oppose Trump, the Republican Party of Iowa still held traditional meetings statewide for nearly 1,700 precincts to allow the party faithful to have their voices heard.
With 95% of Iowa counties reporting Monday night, Trump had received almost 97% of the 26,484 GOP votes cast.
Iowa Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver, an Ankeny Republican who spoke at his community's precinct caucuses, described November's election as a fight for the soul of the country, adding, "President Trump has laid this out" as a choice between socialism or capitalism and free markets.
A November Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll found 76% of registered Republicans who didn't plan to attend the Democratic caucuses said they will definitely vote to reelect Trump.
Trump carried Iowa by more than 9 percentage points in the 2016 general election against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, although Democratic nominee Barack Obama carried Iowa in both 2008 and 2012 as he won two presidential terms.
This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: 2020 Iowa caucus: President Trump recaptures overwhelming Iowa Republican support.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/2020-iowa-caucus-president-trump-recaptures-overwhelming-iowa-republican-support/ar-BBZCylM?ocid=spartanntp
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