Watching Fox News this morning following the Iowa caucuses last night, the stunner was the totals for the winners. Ted Cruz had to get over 50,000 votes to win on the Republican side. Democrat Hillary Clinton only had to get 700 votes to just barely squeak past Bernie Sanders.
Now that's an enthusiasm gap. It's probably safe to predict that Iowa will not be a swing state in the November election.
Update: These turnout numbers are reported by CBSNews.com:
By the end of Monday night, the state's Republican party had counted over 180,000 people that participated in the Iowa caucus. The numbers blew past 2012's record, when about 121,500 people caucused. ...
According to a statement from Iowa Democratic Party chair Andy McGuire, just over 171,000 Iowa Democrats showed up to caucus for their chosen candidate, ...
Comments