5 takeaways from the Iowa GOP caucuses

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The media is in the tank for Trump and this is the most egregious example yet," DeSantis campaign communications director Andrew Romeo in a statement responding to the news outlets' race calls.
46% : An average of New Hampshire surveys compiled by Decision Desk HQ and The Hill found Trump at 42 percent, Haley at 31 percent and DeSantis at close to 7 percent.
45% : Here are five takeaways from the frigid Iowa GOP caucus:Trump handily won the Iowa GOP caucus less than an hour after voting sites opened at 8 p.m. ET.
45% : Decision Desk HQ projected Trump as the winner of the Hawkeye State at 8:46 p.m., later projecting DeSantis as the distant second-place winner.
42% : Semafor reporter Dave Weigel wrote on X."AP has a short explainer on how they called the caucuses so early for Trump, but it does not address the controversy over making a call while voters are still voting in many precincts," noted Kirk Bado of National Journal on X.While it's unlikely the early race calls significantly shaped the contours of the race, they could raise skepticism among a segment of the population that is already prone to doubting election results as reported by the media.
40% : In an expected nod to Trump, the former president received a last-minute minute boost from Vivek Ramaswamy, who announced Monday night that he was suspending his campaign and endorsing Trump.
33% : But Haley still faces a long road ahead in taking on Trump, given the former president still leads his rivals in both early state and national polls.
29% : Now all eyes are turning to New Hampshire, where the former president holds a lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who both came in well behind Trump in the Hawkeye State.
29% : "The very very early results show Trump winning big, but the early network call is a little questionable.
25% : But the decision to call for Trump early was also questioned by some journalists as well.
24% : Given that DeSantis has largely tried to appeal to the same conservative voters as Trump, he faces tough questions as to how he can realistically clinch the nomination.
10% : Trump was projected the winner of the Iowa caucuses very early into the night -- a fact that drew outrage from DeSantis's allies and criticism from some members of the media.

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