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    Donald Trump crushes Kamala Harris in Iowa as the Republican Party achieves victory

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    Former Republican President Donald Trump once again achieved victory in Iowa, scoring his third presidential victory in the Hawkeye State, this time over Vice President Kamala Harris.

    In the end, it wasn’t close.

    The Associated Press called the race around 9:40 p.m. According to partial results released by the Iowa Secretary of State, Trump led Harris 56% to 43% with 94% of the votes counted.

    Republicans had another strong showing across the state. Legislative leaders said they believed they were on track to increase their majorities.

    And Republicans defended at least three of their four congressional seats. The latest, where Democrat Christina Bohannan challenges Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in the 1st District. It was too close to 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.even as Miller-Meeks declared victory.

    Republicans, many of them dressed in red jackets or dresses, cheered on their candidates Tuesday night from the Iowa Republican Party’s watch party at the Hilton Downtown Des Moines.

    Fox News’ election night broadcast showed results from across the country, and cheers could be heard in the room as the network called a number of states for the former president, including Iowa.

    Across town, the Grand Ballroom of the historic Fort Des Moines hotel, where Democrats gathered for their election night watch party, was buzzing with nervous excitement just as polls closed in Des Moines. Several hundred Democrats, some of whom were still carrying the rain after a final push, ate pulled pork burgers and mini beef wellies.

    But by 10:30 p.m., just under an hour after Iowa was called for Trump, the event had all but disappeared. Most of the high tables at the party were littered with discarded drinks, and only a couple dozen people remained camped in front of a giant screen broadcasting CNN.

    The party leaders left unceremoniously. Iowa Democratic Party Chairwoman Rita Hart did not address viewers or answer reporters’ questions after the race was called for Trump.

    “There are still votes being counted, so we’re too close to tell,” said party spokeswoman Paige Godden. “The numbers are too close.”

    He said party leaders would analyze the final voting results and determine a plan for the coming days.

    ‘It started here in Iowa’: Iowa GOP takes credit for Trump’s success

    Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird credited Iowa with starting former President Donald Trump’s path to victory thanks to his landslide victory in the Iowa caucuses in January.

    “We’re very excited about what’s happening across this country,” he said at the Iowa Republican Party’s watch party. “And we’re not going to let anyone forget that it started here in Iowa.”

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    Bird said Trump Victory of 30 percentage points in the January electoral assemblies guide you towards success.

    “Let’s take some credit here in Iowa for the Iowa caucuses, right?” she said. “Because President Trump won an unprecedented victory in the Iowa caucuses. He won them more than anyone else and that launched him back into the White House, right where we need him.”

    Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig praised Governor Kim Reynolds and Republicans in the Iowa Legislature for working together to achieve Republican victories in Iowa.

    “I’ve been saying it all fall: Aren’t you glad you live in the state of Iowa?” he said as the crowd cheered.

    Naig said the 2024 elections have focused on “fundamentals” such as border security, fighting inflation, energy security and food and agricultural security.

    “Democrats want to remake our country,” he said. “Republicans want to save our country. We want to preserve our country. And I want to thank you for what you have done to ensure that we have more of those Iowa values ​​present in the courthouse, in the Capitol and in Washington, DC.”

    Republicans say big Iowa poll error emboldened voters

    Republicans and Democrats were watching the Iowa presidential race with renewed interest Tuesday after a new Des Moines Register Iowa poll showed Vice President Kamala Harris leading former President Donald Trump by 3 percentage points.

    Neither Republicans nor Democrats had considered the state competitive in the months leading up to Election Day. And Iowa saw no campaigning by either candidate before Election Day this year — a clear departure from previous cycles — as the candidates focused their attention on key battleground states.

    But the new poll, which showed Harris leading Trump 47% to 44% among likely voters, briefly returned Iowa to the national spotlight during the final days of the campaign.

    Still, Iowa Republicans, who turned out strong early votes and outperformed Democrats in voter registration numbers – remain convinced they will hand the Hawkeye State to Trump when voting concludes Tuesday night.

    Many analysts also agreed on election night. that Iowa was still likely to favor Trump in the final count.

    In the end they were vindicated, and Republicans enthusiastically touted Trump’s victory and criticized the poll.

    “Ann Selzer is wrong! The Des Moines Register is wrong! Donald Trump just won Iowa! State party chairman Jeff Kaufmann shouted at the GOP watch party.

    He said the poll result energized Republicans.

    “Let me tell you something, I knew the Selzer poll was going to try to change some people, take some air out of our tires,” he said. “Do you know what happened after we saw the Selzer poll and the Des Moines Register poll sham? We got even more excited!

    The night was a rare failure for the Iowa poll, conducted by pollster J. Ann Selzer of Selzer & Co.

    The Iowa poll has long been considered a gold standard. From 2008 to 2020, the survey accurately predicted the winner of the presidential race in Iowa. In 2004, the final Iowa poll found Democrat John Kerry leading Republican George Bush by 5 percentage points, but Bush won Iowa by less than 1 percentage point.

    Selzer said he planned to review the data to see where the survey went wrong.

    “I will review data from multiple sources in hopes of learning why that happened,” he said in a statement Tuesday night. “And I appreciate what that process can teach me.”

    Further: Pollster J. Ann Selzer: ‘I’ll review the data’ after rare Iowa poll error on Trump win

    Iowa Democrats Hoped Kamala Harris Could Raise Enthusiasm

    Trump easily won Iowa twice before, defeating Democrats Hillary Clinton by 9.4 percentage points in 2016 and Joe Biden by 8.2 percentage points in 2020.

    But Democrats were hopeful that Harris could help turn the tide.

    Democratic enthusiasm began to boil over over the summer after Biden announced that he would not seek another term and endorsed Harris, his vice president, for the presidential nomination.

    Iowa Democrats quickly embraced Harris, voting unanimously to endorse her as the party’s candidate and supporting her at the party’s national convention in Chicago.

    The Register’s Iowa poll showed the presidential race in Iowa narrowed significantly after Harris’ nomination.

    In a June Iowa poll, when Biden was the expected candidate, Trump leads by 18 percentage points, 50% to 32%.

    In September, after Harris became the nominee, survey showed much tighter competition: Trump led by just 4 percentage points, 47% to 43%.

    But Iowa has only six Electoral College votes, making it a small prize for either candidate as they focus on reaching the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House.

    Instead, both Trump and Harris have focused on seven battleground states: Nevada, Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia, each of which were decided by less than 3 percentage points in 2020.

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    Kaufmann said on a recent episode of Iowa PBS’ “Iowa Press” that the state party has had to function without help from national Republicans this election cycle.

    “We’re very happy to do what we have to do without the resources of the RNC and without the resources of the Trump campaign,” he said. “And I do it with pleasure, because he needs those resources in those seven swing states. I feel very, very comfortable with the president. We are seeing that he has his coattails in many of our legislative elections. So now we are comfortable.”

    On a different episode of “Iowa Press,” Hart told reporters that even as national campaigns focus on other states, Iowa Democrats noted the shift in momentum that came with Harris joining the ticket.

    “I’ll tell you what, it’s not beyond us here in Iowa,” he said. “That’s why we’re focusing so much on Democratic voter turnout and making sure we educate people about what’s at stake here and what our candidates have to offer.”

    (This story has been updated to accurately reflect the most current information.)

    Brianne Pfannenstiel is the senior political reporter for the Des Moines Register. He also covers the 2024 presidential race for USA TODAY as a senior national campaign correspondent. Contact her at [email protected] or 515-284-8244. Follow her on Twitter at @brianneDMR.

    Stephen Gruber-Miller covers the Iowa House of Representatives and politics for the Register. He can be reached by email at [email protected] or by phone at 515-284-8169. Follow him on Twitter at @sgrubermiller.

    Register’s Iowa columnist Courtney Crowder travels across the state’s 99 counties telling the stories of Iowans. Contact her at [email protected] or 515-284-8360.

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