Donald Trump clinched Iowa’s six electoral votes with 50.9 percent of the popular vote and with 64 percent of the state reporting when Fox News called the state at just after 11:30 p.m.
The Hawkeye State polled in Trump’s favor ever since he surpassed Hillary Clinton for the first time during the general election season in early September. Trump’s lead, which grew to a high of 6 percentage points over Clinton toward the end of September, narrowed to a 3-point average the week before the election, according to RealClearPolitics. Although the race had tightened, Trump consistently remained ahead of Clinton in the Hawkeye State in the weeks leading up to Nov. 8.
In the previous seven presidential elections, Republicans carried Iowa only once. President Obama enjoyed victories in both 2008 and 2012.
In Iowa, Trump particularly enjoyed the support of the state’s large demographic of white voters without college degrees as he energized the populist and blue-collar sentiments in this Great Lakes State. Iowa is the sixth whitest state in the nation and only 27 percent of its voters hold college degrees. Both of these demographics have favored Trump over Clinton throughout the general election season.
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