Iowa caucus-goers go full MAGA as Trump projected to win in landslide

Iowa caucus-goers are going full MAGA, with many expressing beliefs in debunked conspiracy theories as former President Donald Trump isprojected to win the first-in-the-nation contest.

In a CNN entrance poll, 68 per cent of those who arrived early to caucus sites said they didn’t believe that President Joe Biden was legitimately elected. Among Trump voters, that number rose to 88 per cent, CBS noted.

Steve Kornacki of MSNBC reported that a large education gap between those backing Mr Trump and the other main candidates, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Among caucusgoers with college degrees, 35 per cent backed Mr Trump, 33 per cent supported Ms Haley, and 23 per cent backed Mr DeSantis, according to the entrance poll shared by the network. Among those without a college degree, 65 per cent backed Mr Trump, 17 per cent supported Mr DeSantis, and eight per cent backed Ms Haley.

In the NBC poll, 79 per cent of Haley backers said they thought Mr Biden was legitimately elected, the same was true for 40 per cent of those supporting Mr DeSantis and six per cent of those backing Mr Trump.

More than half of the GOP caucus attendees in the Hawkeye State said they identify with the MAGA movement, and only a small number said they were concerned about Mr Trump’s legal woes.

About six in 10 said they would consider Mr Trump to be fit for the presidency even if he’s convicted of a crime in the CNN poll – the former president faces four indictments and 91 criminal counts. Only about a third said they wouldn’t think he’s fit to be commander-in-chief if he’s convicted of a crime.

Ahead of the caucuses, Mr Trump shared a bizarre video stating that God created him to be the “caretaker” for the US. Mr