Donald Trump Rolls to Victory in Iowa

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Despite low voter turnout and even lower temperatures outdoors, Donald Trump scored historic numbers in the Iowa caucuses, cementing his place as the Republican frontrunner to challenge Joe Biden. But as the contest moves to New Hampshire, Nikki Haley is in striking distance. Plus, Ron DeSantis bets on South Carolina after finishing second in Iowa, and Vivek Ramaswamy suspends his campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:37.0	Donald Trump rops to victory in the Iowa caucuses with 51% of the vote on Monday evening while
0:47.3	Ron DeSantis finishes second with 21% and Nicki Haley comes in slightly behind at 19%. All three candidates say they're going on in
0:56.5	New Hampshire in a week for that primary. And what are the prospects for each one going forward
1:02.2	in the GOP presidential race.
1:05.0	Welcome, I'm Paul Geego,
1:07.0	editorial page editor of the Wall Street Journal here on our Potomac Watch
1:11.0	podcast with my colleagues, Kim Strassal and Kyle Peterson.
1:15.8	Welcome to you both.
1:17.2	Well, there's no getting around to.
1:18.7	Trump won big, as the polls had suggested he would just over 50%. Turnout was way down at the Caucasus from 2016, the
1:28.1	last non-incumbent caucuses, but that
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