Extreme winter weather causes lowest Iowa caucus turnout since 2000

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Former President Donald Trump’s landslide victory in Monday’s Iowa caucuses came despite record-low temperatures and the lowest voter turnout since 2000.

Trump won with 51% of the vote on Monday night, besting Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) 21% and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s 19%. His lead was so significant that media outlets began calling the race for Trump within 30 minutes of caucus locations opening and before some precincts had finished voting.

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