West Des Moines, Iowa

All of the televisions in the Sheraton ballroom at Donald Trump’s caucus watch party were turned to CNN when the news arrived a little after 9:00 p.m. local time. With 97 percent of precincts reporting, Trump was going to lose the Iowa caucuses to Ted Cruz by 4 percentage points and finish just 1 point ahead of Marco Rubio. One Trump supporter simply raised his hands to shield his eyes from the TV. The crowd remained mostly quiet.