Iowa is a tiny state, but it's a very conservative, very rightwing, very white state. This is exactly the kind of state where Trump should've easily gotten 80% of the caucus votes. But he didn't, despite two-thirds of republicans there accepting, and swallowing whole, his Big Lie baselessly claiming he won the 2020 election but for the "fraud."
The fact is, Iowa had a very low turnout (15% of Republican voters), and only 51% of them picked Trump.
It had the smallest voter turnout in 25 years. 110,000 out of 2.5M voters showed up. Trump won about 51% of those 110,000 votes.
In addition, Iowa is not known for picking winners. Huckabee, Santorum, and Canada's Raphael Cruz won primaries there before losing everything.
All white Iowa and their Republican caucus does not in any way represent the USA.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump is back in court today (Tuesday) for his second trial in the sexual assault and defamation of author E. Jean Carroll.
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