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Supporters cheer as caucus returns are reported at Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, caucus night rally, Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, in Des
Moines, Iowa.

Associated Press

Trump, Clinton face first test as Iowa kicks off U.S. voting

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — the state — got under way But Sanders has appealed state-by-state contests to fans drawn to his plainspo-
Billionaire real estate mag- Monday evening in apoliti- to the Democrats’ liberal choose delegates for the ken populism into voters.
nate Donald Trump faced cal environment few could base, especially the young, parties’ national conven- He has intensified his cam-
the first big test of his stun- have foreseen a year ago. who are concerned about tions. A victory hardly as- paign schedule during the
ning presidential campaign The brash, controversial growing income inequal- sures the nomination — final sprint, including a pair
as he looked to defeat Trump has become the ity and the shrinking of the Iowa accounts for only of rallies Monday. He ap-
Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Republican front-runner by middle class. about 1 percent of the pears to have a slim edge
Rubio in Monday’s Iowa tapping into anxiety about Interviews with voters who delegates who select the over Cruz, a Texas senator
Republican caucuses, the terrorism, immigration and arrived early to the caucus- nominee. But a win there, whose uncompromising
leadoff contest in the U.S. the economy. Former Flor- es confirmed that Clinton or even an unexpectedly and sometimes abrasive
presidential race. On the ida Gov. Jeb Bush, once and Sanders are in a tight strong showing, can give anti-Washington approach
Democratic side, Hillary seen as the likely front-run- race and that Trump, Cruz a candidate momentum has antagonized establish-
Clinton sought to fend off ner, is near the bottom of and Rubio are in a three- and media attention, while ment Republicans, but ex-
an unexpectedly strong polls. way contest. The interviews a poor showing can end a cited conservatives who
challenge from Sen. Bernie Clinton, the former secre- were conducted by Edison candidacy. see politicians as unprinci-
Sanders, a self-described tary of state, U.S. senator Research for The Associ- Monday’s contest offers pled and ineffective.
democratic socialist. and first lady, had been ated Press and television the first hard evidence of
The caucuses — meetings expected to cruise to vic- networks. whether Trump, a reality TV Continued on page 2
held simultaneously across tory in Iowa and beyond. Iowa has long led off the star, can turn the legion of