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5 takeaways from the Iowa Republican caucuses

After a year of campaigning and more than $120 million in ad spending in Iowa, the caucuses have come and gone. Here are key takeaways about Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis and GOP politics.
Voters are shown checking in at a caucus site at Franklin Junior High on Jan. 15, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa.

After a year of campaigning and more than $120 million in ad spending in Iowa, the caucuses have come and gone.

And the result was... what everyone pretty much expected.

Former President Donald Trump won in a landslide.

So what's it all mean? Here are five takeaways:

1. Republicans have been saying they're still with Trump. Believe them.

Trump won by such a large margin that The Associated Press was able to call the race at 8:31 p.m. ET, just half an hour after voting began. (They were able to do so because of its massive voter survey it conducts and then it compares that to key precincts in

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