Iowa caucuses 2024: It's you and me versus the extremists, Biden tells Americans

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91% : Mike Murphy, a former adviser to John McCain and Arnold Schwarzenegger, said Donald Trump had the best night "he could have wished for".
91% : Trump feeling 'tremendous' amid victory predictionsDonald Trump has said he was "greatly honoured" by predictions that he had won the Iowa caucus just minutes after voting began.
77% : Donald Trump, who is expected to give a victory speech soon, has declared his "love" for Iowa on his Truth Social platform.
70% : Donald Trump, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis are all hosting events in the state there, with the state primaries due to be held on January 23.
70% : He even praises his rivals as "talented" people.04:03 AM GMTTrump lavishes compliments 'smart, capable' rivalsDonald Trump has paid tribute to his fellow Republican candidates as "very smart people" as he sweeps to victory in the Iowa caucuses.
69% : Donald Trump is flanked by his two sons, Donald Jnr and Eric, as he delivers his victory speech.
68% : For evangelicals who were more concerned about immigration, foreign policy or the economy, Mr Trump was their top choice by far.05:58 AM GMTRamaswamy: I'm endorsing Trump as US needs 'America-First patriot'Vivek Ramaswamy has backed Donald Trump to be the Republican presidential nominee because the United States needs "an America-First patriot in the White House".
65% : And earlier tonight I called Donald Trump to tell him that I congratulated him on his victory.
65% : Donald Trump will be the next Republican nominee for president," said Alex Pfeiffer, from the Trump-aligned Make America Great
63% : Nonetheless, sandwiches have been laid on and DeSantis supporters are circulating in branded merchandise, waiting for their candidate to show up.03:39 AM GMTPictures: Trump supporters jubilant as they wait for victory speechShouts of "Trump, Trump, Trump" have broken out at the 77-year-old's results party as supporters await his appearance.
61% : Melissa, 51, an account manager for a software company, was a "caucus captain" for Donald Trump at a precinct in Ankeny, Iowa.
61% : Donald Trump will win tonight's Iowa caucuses, US broadcasters including CBS, NBC and CNN have forecast just minutes after voting began.01:35 AM GMTTrump 'face to face' with Ramaswamy at Des Moines caucusDonald Trump has appeared at a precinct in Clive, western Des Moines - bringing him face to face with his rival Vivek Ramaswamy.
59% : Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley will be the main candidates, with Vivek Ramaswamy having now dropped out and endorsed Mr Trump and the other remaining candidates - Asa Hutchinson and Ryan Binkley - posting negligible polling figures.
59% : "04:30 AM GMTTrump is on track for victory in November, says FarageNigel Farage is here at Donald Trump's watch party in Des Moines.
58% : But polling of the Iowa caucus voters showed Donald Trump won almost double the share of the evangelical vote at 51 per cent, compared to Mr DeSantis's 29 per cent.
57% : "It includes a donation link, asking supporters to send their money to the campaign and "protect all of the progress we've made together".03:00 AM GMTHaley and DeSantis should end campaigns, say Trump backersDonald Trump's supporters are calling on the other Republican candidates to drop out of the race after he took a commanding lead in the Iowa caucus.Votes are still being counted across the state, but the former president has taken a commanding lead in the early results and broadcasters have all called the race for him.
56% : Donald Trump is expected to take an early lead in the Iowa caucuses, according to CNN's entrance poll.
56% : The latest poll, from CBS this morning, puts Donald Trump on 50 per cent and Mr Biden on 48 per cent.
55% : Donald Trump has thanked Vivek Ramaswamy for endorsing him to become the Republican nominee.
53% : Donald Trump has taken an early lead in five of Iowa's counties with a commanding 74.6 per cent of the votes, according to CNN.
52% : It sends the message that "we all need to unite and get behind Trump and take back our country," she added.
51% : Donald Trump received double the vote share he did in the 2016 Iowa Republican caucus.
47% : "Joe Biden has described Donald Trump as the "clear front runner on the other side" after he swept to victory with 51 per cent of the vote in the Iowa caucuses.
47% : Kari Lake, widely touted as a potential running mate for Donald Trump, is speaking to reporters back stage at his watch party.
46% : Donald Trump has made his way to the stage at his campaign party in Iowa, joined by family and supporters - including Doug Burgum, the former Republican candidate who dropped out last month.
46% : "The future of the nation is at stake and Donald Trump is the man for the job.
45% : "It is time now to unite around Donald Trump as the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party," he said.03:23 AM GMTPictured: Farage arrives at Trump campaign party03:07 AM GMTTrump victory 'will mean vile attacks and endless lies'Joe Biden's campaign is using Donald Trump's predicted victory in Iowa to galvanise its base and boost fundraising efforts.
42% : The strangest part for me was finding strands of my hair had frozen.
41% : That's because if there is a shift away from Donald Trump, it is most likely to be here.
40% : "She's not Trump, and I think she's got the best chance of beating him," he told The Telegraph.
39% : This is a much more conciliatory speech than we might have expected from Donald Trump.
37% : "He added: "You'll see DeSantis quickly fall in line and I think you'll find Nikki Haley falling in line very quickly as well."Donald Trump has landed back in New York City after flying back from Iowa in the early hours.
36% : "Looks like Donald Trump just won Iowa," he wrote on X. "He's the clear front runner on the other side at this point.
36% : While Donald Trump is still miles ahead, with 63.1 per cent, Ms Haley has been gaining momentum in recent weeks as she fights it out with the Florida governor to become the GOP's non-Trump candidate.
32% : "Maybe the only people in the country who are more pleased than Donald Trump with tonight's results are in the White House currently," said Mo Elleithee, a former spokesman for Hillary Clinton.
32% : The move suggests the former president is moving to blunt Nikki Haley's momentum early in the Republican race, who is performing strongly in the state as its former governor.02:11 AM GMTDid Trump fire up base to brave 'Arctic conditions'?How many first-time caucus goers voted for Donald Trump?
32% : "Mr Rubio, who has previously been ridiculed as "Little Marco" by Mr Trump, placed third in Iowa in the 2016 Republican primaries, falling behind the former president and Texas senator Ted Cruz.11:18 PM GMTPictured: Trump spotted with campaign advisers in Iowa11:02 PM GMTPictures: Donald Trump's face is plastered across IowaThe 2024 presidential race kicks off on Monday, when the first votes in the Republican primary contest will be cast in Iowa.
31% : "Haley 'has the experience' to be the Trump alternative"If you are a Republican who does not want another four years of Trump or don't want him to be the candidate, you are probably going to go with who appears to be the strongest alternative," Christopher Galdieri, professor of politics at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire told the Telegraph.
28% : "Looks like Donald Trump just won Iowa," the president wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
26% : "Prof Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia added: "I don't know a single analyst who didn't think Trump would win Iowa...
25% : Who should Donald Trump pick as his running mate?
25% : Donald Trump remains the clear frontrunner to claim the GOP nomination, but his rivals still believe a strong showing could call the former president's supremacy over the Republican Party into question.
23% : Ben Carson, a former candidate in the 2016 Republican contest, said: "It's time for the rest of the field to rally around president Trump and focus our efforts on beating Joe Biden.
22% : Joe Biden has warned Americans to side with him against "extreme" Republicans after Donald Trump won the Iowa caucuses.
18% : "Trump and Biden both put our country trillions of dollars deeper in debt, and our kids will never forgive them for it.
17% : He added that voters would turn to Donald Trump and not Joe Biden in November's presidential election because "people want peace and prosperity and strength back".
15% : The next debate I do will either be with Donald Trump or with Joe Biden.
15% : In 2020, Donald Trump faced no major challengers and therefore just 32,389 people cast a vote.Iowa's governor will back Donald Trump's bid for the presidency despite him calling her the "least popular governor" in America.
14% : He added that an election campaign against Mr Trump "gives them the opportunity to make their case about democracy being on the ballot".07:28 AM GMTTrump denied victory in all 99 Iowa counties by just one voteDonald Trump was denied a clean sweep of every Iowa county by just one vote.
13% : An email to supporters, widely reported across US media, reads: "If Donald Trump is our opponent, we can expect vile attacks, endless lies, and massive spending.
11% : Trump and Biden are both about 80 years old.
10% : "Unfortunately, Donald Trump has ducked all of them.
8% : "Nikki Haley hit out at Donald Trump as she headed for third place in the Iowa caucuses, comparing the former president to Joe Biden.
7% : Our country has gone through so many bad things over the last three years and it is continuing to go through bad things."02:32 AM GMTDeSantis campaign: Trump victory prediction is 'outrageous'There's a lot of anger in the DeSantis camp about the decision to call the night for Donald Trump while Iowans were still caucusing.
7% : Still, driving on the roads is hazardous and all of the candidates' schedules have been upended by the record-breaking Arctic snap.03:32 PM GMTDonald Trump attacks rivals ahead of tonight's caucusNikki Haley has a busy schedule today as she makes the final push to turn the polls placing her in second place to Donald Trump into a reality.
5% : Nikki Haley has said her next debate will either be with Donald Trump or Joe Biden, suggesting she may duck out of the next Republican debate if the former president skips it again.

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