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Earnestly, Ron and Nikki are doing better than I thought they would be.
It’s the Iowa caucus and a pretty obviously pointless one. The only people participating are nerds.
Iowa is always like that. Ted Cruz won there in 2016. It's a caucus so it rewards very dedicated weirdos to stand in a middle school gymnasium and not go home. The people who don't go home the most will win more votes. Caucuses reward being a stubborn weirdo nerd.
I think the guy on ABC said 2000 was the last time the winner of the Iowa Republican Caucus got the nomination. In 2008 it was Mike Huckabee, in 2012 it was Rick Santorum, and in 2016 it was Ted Cruz.
Which is also why Bernie dominated them when he ran.