Monday was an historic night for Iowa’s Republican Party. In all of Iowa, 188,000 Republicans showed up to caucus, a huge new record and a rare sign of health within the party.

Before Donald Trump tries to take credit for this, note that turnout would still beat the old GOP record of 122,000 (from 2012) even if you left out all of Trump’s supporters, both habitual and first-time caucusgoers. Even so, Trump deserves credit for bringing out many new participants to vote for him, and for bringing out perhaps just as many new participants to vote against him.

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