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To: traderrob6

Apples and Oranges. Incumbents can win Iowa. And when the competition is weak, the candidate with most name recognition and money can win Iowa and run the tables to nomination.

But when there is a strong field running, such as in 2016, Iowa win does not portend the trend of things to come. Usually the candidate with most evangelical support comes out ahead, but then fizzles due to the strong field of candidates.


13 posted on 12/13/2015 4:31:05 PM PST by entropy12 (Go Trump 2016!)
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To: entropy12

If I included incumbents I would have listed Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford.


15 posted on 12/13/2015 4:44:23 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: entropy12

GW Bush was not an incumbent when he won the Iowa caucuses in 2000.


16 posted on 12/13/2015 4:46:26 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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