Iowans braved dangerously cold temperatures Monday to participate in caucuses at schools, churches and community centers across the state.
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Iowans braved dangerously cold temperatures Monday to participate in caucuses at schools, churches and community centers across the state.
Trump’s popularity among Iowa Republicans was on full display Monday night, when the former president who is seeking a return to the White House won the state party’s presidential precinct caucuses by a historic margin.
Follow live coverage of the 2024 Iowa caucuses from reporters, photojournalists and editors at The Gazette and The Daily Iowan.
A late-emerging candidate — blizzard conditions — upended 2024 GOP presidential hopefuls’ final weekend of campaigning in Iowa and is expected to drive down caucus turnout. Those at campaign events Monday largely said the record-setting cold weather wouldn’t dissuade them from caucusing.
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For presidential candidates, the final weekend before an Iowa caucus is all about making themselves available to Iowa voters and making that closing argument that could persuade any Iowans who remains on the caucus fence.
With just days to go before the 2024 Iowa Republican caucuses, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy made stops in Cedar Rapids, hoping to motivate voters to support them on Monday.
Mail-in ballots are replacing realignment and complicated math from previous caucuses. Iowa Democrats will hold their party-organizing caucus Monday and later express their choice for president via a mail-in process.
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Meantime, Trump supporters turned out for his Fox News town hall event across town.
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