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Jim Young / Reuters The Hawkeye State Sours on Hawkish Republicans
Four years ago, Iowans rewarded the neocon-inflected campaigns of Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney. This year, four of the top five finishers are critics of unnecessary interventions.
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Cheryl Senter / AP An Elegy for Martin O’Malley
The former Maryland governor’s love of Irish poetry provides a fitting send off to his candidacy.
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Mike Stone / Reuters Why Mike Huckabee Lost in 2016
The GOP presidential contender had little to offer voters desperate for something new.
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Chris Keane / Reuters Rubio's Surge Is a Triumph for Trumpism
The Florida senator delivered a surprisingly strong finish in Iowa by embracing the frontrunner’s rhetoric.
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Scott Morgan / Reuters Who Won the Iowa Caucuses?
The 2016 race for president officially started, but the nation is no closer to having a clear front-runner in either party.
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CBS ‘No, It's Iowa’: When TV Dramas Go to Caucus
From The Good Wife to The West Wing, shows have used the Hawkeye State to emphasize the human stakes of America’s national politics.
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Paul Vernon / AP How Many Muslims Will Vote for Donald Trump?
A survey from a leading advocacy group finds American Muslims worried about Islamophobia and the economy, and backing Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and—yes—Trump.
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Patrick Semansky / AP Donald Trump Exposes the Split Between Ordinary and Elite Evangelicals
The faithful have reportedly been either dismayed or infatuated with the Republican frontrunner. Could both narratives be true?
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Trump on the Brink
Trumpism is an ideology—not just a catharsis.
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Jim Young / Reuters The Uncertain Fate of Early Voting States
Iowa and New Hampshire’s political clout could ride on the results of the 2016 race.
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Paul Sancya / AP The Competing Democratic Coalitions
The battle between Sanders and Clinton is reinforcing some old divisions, even as it scrambles others.
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Mark Kauzlarich / Reuters The Democrats Face a Revolution
Can Hillary Clinton and the party’s establishment put down the Bernie Sanders rebellion?
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The New Republican Fault Line
A party once split by ideology and religion has discovered a new fissure—class and education—that threatens to deliver a political earthquake.
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Jae C. Hong / AP The Republican Establishment’s Delegate Problem
With Trump and Cruz sitting comfortably atop the polls, by the time the field narrows, it may be too late for some candidates to succeed.
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Mark Kauzlarich / Reuters Is Bernie Going Negative?
The Clinton campaign loudly protests the latest Sanders ad.
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Jim Young / Reuters The Limits of the Republicans’ Immigration Debate
Cruz, Rubio, and Bush sparred over the issue on Thursday, but refrained from offering any plans on how they’d address it.
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Chris Carlson / AP The Republican Conflation of Immigration and ISIS
In Thursday’s debate, the candidates focused on radical Islam, even when questioned about undocumented immigrants.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Party Gridlock Haunts the Races in Iowa
Voters don’t agree on the country’s biggest issues—and the candidates don’t share a vision about how to fix them.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Why Isn't Bernie Sanders's Superior Foreign-Policy Judgment a Decisive Edge?
The Vermont senator seems far less likely to start a war of choice as president, but that doesn’t seem to count for much in the Democratic primary.
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Brad Coville / Wilson Times News Service Meet the YouTube Stars Trying to Convert Democrats to Team Trump
Two sisters (and digital-media phenoms) say the presidential candidate has the power to unite America. And they’re doing all they can to help him win.
