Iowa Caucuses results decided, next comes New Hampshire Primary

Iowa Caucuses results decided, next comes New Hampshire Primary. February. 03, 2016 07:33. by 이세형기자 turtle@donga.com.

All eyes are on the New Hampshire Primary, the first in a series of nationwide party primary elections as the results of Iowa Caucuses, which is the official start of the 2016 presidential primary season, came out on Monday night. People will be paying attention to whether Bernie Sanders (Democratic Party) will continue his upturn or Donald Trump (Republican Party) will make a comeback.

Different from Iowa Caucuses, where only registered party members can participate, New Hampshire Primary is open to the public. Both party members and ordinary people are given the voting right to choose the delegates to the Democratic and Republican national conventions, which choose the party nominees for the presidential elections.

New Hampshire Primary is considered to surpass Iowa Caucuses in terms of impact as it shows whom the public supports. The winner will get focused media attention and can better gather election funds.

According to a joint poll conducted by CNN and WMUR (New Hampshire local news media) released Monday, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump far exceeded their rival candidates with 57 percent and 30 percent support rates, respectively. Hillary Clinton (Democratic Party) had a support rate of 34 percent, and Ted Cruz who beat Trump at Iowa Caucuses had just 12 percent.

The impact that the results of Iowa Caucuses can have on New Hampshire Primary will have to be taken into account. Republican supporters who have resistance to Trump could join Cruz supporters. Another interesting takeaway is how much Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio who tightly trailed Trump at the caucuses, can close the gap.