The polls had said the race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders was tight in Iowa -- and that turned out to be an understatement. They finished in a virtual dead heat, and it looks like each will claim roughly half of Iowa's Democratic delegates.
IOWA DEMOCRATIC RESULT (99% reporting)
Hillary Clinton................50%
Bernie Sanders...............50%
Martin O'Malley...............0%
Now, it's on to New Hampshire (where Sanders has a significant lead, Nevada (which could be close) and South Carolina (where Clinton has a significant lead). That will set us up for Super Tuesday, which could propel one of the candidates into a significant lead in delegates.
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The big stories of the night for the Republican race was Cruz defeating Trump, and a remarkable third place finish for Marco Rubio (only 1 point behind Trump). It looks like this could be a three-man race instead of a two-man race -- especially if Rubio can use this to climb into second place (or a very close third place) in New Hampshire.
IOWA REPUBLICAN RESULT (99% reporting)
Ted Cruz...............28%
Donald Trump...............24%
Marco Rubio...............23%
Ben Carson...............9%
Rand Paul...............5%
Jeb Bush...............3%
John Kasich...............2%
Carly Fiorina...............2%
Mike Huckabee...............2%
Chris Christie...............2%
Rick Santorum...............1%
Note that no Republican could even reach 30% support. This could be a long slog for the GOP to determine a nominee.
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NOTE -- Both the Democrats and Republicans have one less candidate after the Iowa caucuses -- as Martin O'Malley and Mike Huckabee both dropped out after doing very poorly in Iowa.
QUESTION -- Did skipping the last Republican debate hurt Trump in Iowa?