DES MOINES—Mitt Romney's quest to swiftly lock down the Republican presidential nomination with a commanding finish in the Iowa caucuses was undercut on Tuesday night by the surging candidacy of Rick Santorum, who fought hi...
Thus, the first alignment is the first of the three ways that the caucus vote will be reported. It’s the most straightforward metric of candidate support, and it’s the closest that the Iowa caucuses come to the voting as it will take place in most other states, where voters get just...
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won theIowa caucuson Tuesday night by the narrowest of margins, besting former US Senator Rick Santorum by just eight votes in the first primary for the Republican presidential nomination. The final tally was 30,015 to 30,007, giving each man 25 percent...
In Monday's Iowa caucuses, voters decide who may be this year's presidential nominees. Face The Nation Moderator John Dickerson joins CBSN to discuss the candidates' chances of winning Iowa.
In Iowa, the Democratic party decided not to cast any ballots at their caucuses, denying Biden the chance to win there. In New Hampshire, Biden's name was not on the formal ballot, but he won the contest as a write-in candidate with 64% of the vote. ...
"Congratulations to governor Mitt Romney, winner of the 2012 Iowa caucuses. Congratulations to Sen Santorum for a very close second-place finish, an excellent race here," Iowa Republican Party Chairman Matt Strawn said. The result capped a remarkable performance by Santorum, written off a few we...
Plumbing Iowa for Democratic Caucus Votes? Bring MoneyZachary A. GoldfarbChris Cillizza
In this chapter, I present a discussion of the academic literature oriented toward presidential elections, Iowa elections, and the 2016 election. The literature is used to theoretically develop models of vote choice using county-level da... AD Green - From the Iowa Caucuses to the White House...
RELATED:Ben Carson heads back to Iowa for a round of campaign events But Bachmann never caught on in Iowa, finishing in sixth place on the night of the Iowa caucus, garnering just 5% of the vote. This move could spell trouble for the Republican National Committee, which is already dealing...
Rick Santorum won the 2012 Iowa caucuses by 0.03 percentage points, or 34 votes out of 121,501. Field offices can be expensive — the estimated cost per vote earned by having a field office is $49.40— but the earned media and momentum benefits from a victory in Iowa are huge. As...