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Iowa was different this time – even if the outcome was as predicted

  • Written by Timothy Hagle, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Iowa
imageFormer President Donald Trump speaks in Des Moines, Iowa, shortly after his victory in the Iowa Caucus on Jan. 15, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Trounced, crushed, routed, dominated: Pick your verb to describe what former President Donald Trump did to his GOP rivals in the Jan. 15, 2024 Iowa caucus. The Conversation U.S. asked two scholars to...

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