With almost 100% of the votes counted, Trump emerged victorious in the caucuses, obtaining 51.1% of the votes, a difference of almost 30 points compared to second place, occupied by the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis. (21.2%), followed by the third position of the former United States ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley (19.1%).
In fourth place was, with 7.6% of the votes, the technology entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who tonight announced that he was withdrawing from the primaries and giving his support to Trump: "Tonight is not the end of a campaign but the beginning of a new path with Donald Trump," he said.
The coldest caucuses
Trump's victory in the coldest caucuses in Iowa history was so large that networks like CNN, NBC and Fox showed it just half an hour after the 700 voting centers (schools, churches and gyms, in particular) opened their doors. majority) where caucuses, a type of neighborhood assemblies, were held tonight.
