Trump triumphant in Iowa, Haley hopeful in Hampshire, and DeSantis despondent for the rest on the political junkie.

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Thanks for joining us, and welcome to episode 408 of the political junkie.

I'm Ken Ruden.

Donald Trump broke the records in Iowa on Monday, taking the first contest on the 24 Republican presidential calendar overwhelmingly.

He won 51% of the caucus vote compared to the 24% he got in the 2016 second place finish to Ted Cruz.

Ron DeSantis, who campaigned in all 99 counties, who put the majority of his efforts nationwide into the state,

and armed with endorsements from popular governor Kim Reynolds and evangelical leader Bob

Bandaplats, nonetheless finished a very poor second with 21 percent.

Nikki Haley, who was thought to have momentum after strong debate performances, and a second

place showing in the closely watched Iowa poll poll finished even worse than the Florida governor,

getting 19 percent. She still somehow tried to paint the race as a two-candidate race,

not nearly as convincing as Bill Clinton spin coming off his 1992 second place finish in New Hampshire,

where he called himself the comeback kid.

Haley will need a strong turnout by Independence in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary to finish

close to Trump. On the other hand, 110,000 Republicans showed up to the caucus this year.

In 2016, the last contested race, the turnout was nearly 187,000. You could blame the cold weather

for the drop-off, but that much of a decrease? You could also make the case that nearly 50% of

the Republicans preferred someone other than Trump. At least they didn't vote for him. But what does that say about his

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