Tuesday Morning Update
After the Iowa Caucuses
TUESDAY MORNING UPDATE: Trump sqeaked out a just-over 50% victory that showed wide margins over his Republican opponents. Key questions about why people voted for Trump -- about half of Republicans, while the other half split to give DeSantis a very narrow victory over Haley, remain.
The Washington Post's polling offers details. We found the following exit poll data particularly important:
White Evangelical Christians (54%) of attendees: 51% voted for Trump
65% of all attendees: Do NOT! believe Joe Biden won the 2020 election
63% of the attendees who said they would vote for Donald Trump even if he were convicted of any (or some) of the 91 felonies Trump is charged with.
Republican Caucus attendees' most important issues:
37% economy
34% immigration
12% abortion
12% foreign policy
The Post has much more detail.
The scary? sad? Most threatening to our democracy and the US Constitution fact is how 63% of Republicans (71% of Trump’s Caucus attendee) have missed the documented truth — as reported by NPR, that President Biden won the 2020 election fair and square.
No one stole the election.
The challenges looking for cheating failed.
Trump supported, and likely was the planner and instigator of the January 6th attempt to overthrow the US Constitution.
This is mind-boggling.
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