republican presidential nominee donald trump turned battleground iowa for republicans after the state voted twice for president barack obama. capitalizing on support from the battleground<u+2019>s white and noncollege-educated voters, mr. trump defeated mrs. clinton by garnering 52%, when the associated press called the race with 80% of precincts reported. he had a slight lead in the real clear politics poll average in the weeks before the election. mrs. clinton<u+2019>s campaign aggressively pursued iowa voters, targeting republican women in particular in the hope of swaying them to the democratic side. her campaign also outdid mr. trump<u+2019>s ground game. demographic trends helped mr. trump, with white and noncollege educated voters serving as a bastion of trump support. white working-class voters and the state as a whole voted for mr. obama in 2008 and 2012 and for former president george w. bush in 2004.
donald trump wins iowa - wsj
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