Trump’s childish reaction to losing one primary seems to indicate that Iowans chose wisely.
Trump lost by a few thousand votes-— don’t think it means too much...
Trump was 3.3% from winning Iowa without dirty tricks or camping there for over a year.
I’m actually satisfied with his finish there.
If his finish there was the result of some sudden turn, what does that tell you about the vote before the turn?
I wouldn’t play that turn up too much.
#6 & #7 are bunk. The rest are probably right, IMHO.
A lot of the Trump supporters had to go and vote for their real candidate Hillary so she didn’t get her butt kicked up between her ears.
Worth repearing:
Reason #6...Sarah Palin’s endorsement hurt him—While some said Palin’s endorsement of Trump would help him with evangelicals and Tea Partiers, many pundits wondered aloud if her endorsement would actually hurt the Trump campaign in the end. Many pundits still blame her for McCain’s loss in 2008, and after Fox News decided not to renew her contract last year, FiveThirtyEight noted that “her net favorability rating among Republicans has declined more than 55 percentage points [since 2008], from +83 percentage points to +27 points by mid-2013.”
Because Iowa is a weird place with a weird caucus system that invites voter fraud? Those reasons are enough. Don’t need the others.
they didn’t desert Trump...... he got a ton of votes
These people act like Trump thought he had it because he was riding high in the polls. For most of the primary season, he trailed in polls first to Carson then to Cruz. Iowa was never his strong area, not the big turnaround it’s being talked up as.
I doubt 2 through 10 are really true.
There might be something to #1 though.
(Carson voters switched to Cruz instead of Trump)
I saw an article saying all 5 from a NH carson pac switched to Cruz.
The biggest reason is people figured out he is a blowhard. People realized he would get old very fast if elected.
He would never give any specifics on anything he wants to do.
He would just talk loud and insult people. A little of that is ok; but that is all he had.
One delegate is hardly desertion. Lol
I would agree with 4,8,9 and 10.
I’m not sure about the others, might classify those as subjective opinion or maybe, maybe not.
AN ACCURATE PREDICTION OF GENERAL ELECTION DEBATES
Rubio> Will look like a middle school kid telling his sweet old grandma with years of experience she’s wrong.
Cruz> Will look like a lawyer giving a prolonged explanation of why the sweet old grandma’s life and work have not only been a waist of time but damaging to children.
Trump> Will look like a Gandpa scolding a mean old grandma, telling her get out of a mans business and go spend what little time you have left tending your grandbaby.
Think: Cruz and Rubio stand no chance against the Grandma Hildabeast. Only Grandpa Trump will be able stand toe to toe with her. He will be a Grandpa by then you know.
I think 24% and 2nd place is amazing for Trump and though he may not win because he looks like he s losing it and doing so even marginally at this level can move polls +-8% overnight.
Iowa-New Hampshire-South Carolina is the giant hurtle that breaks campaigns. Somebodies campaign is breaking up, I just don’t know if its Trump or Cruz.
I’ll take expert Machiavellian over feigned temper tantrums and real belligerence, but if I sense too much Machiavelli I am not going to bite, I’ll just assume that I am being bull crapped on as well.
So I’m still for Trump but the gap is widening and reaching my limit and I don’t see any friendly faces on the other side that didn’t start out on my side to begin with. If Cruz goes overboard he s going to lose either now or in the General.
The main reason he lost is that he ran his campaign on the cheap. Cruz camped out in Iowa for the better part of a year, and established a top notch GOTV organization. Cruz should have actually won by a far bigger margin given the fact that he visited every county, and held probably hundreds of events over a prolonged period of time.
To much work went into this article. There is one reason: Donald Trump.
NYC Values hit home, hard!
Flame away NYC FReepers, do not care.
In a Republican presidential primary, who would you prefer as the GOP nominee?
Dr. Ben Carson - 285,354(13%)
Gov. Chris Christie - 79,568(3%)
Gov. Jeb Bush - 105,649(4%)
Gov. John Kasich - 39,168(1%)
Sen. Marco Rubio - 64,153(3%)
Sen. Ted Cruz - 308,385(14%)
Donald Trump - 427,742(20%)
Carly Fiorina - 13,527(0%)