Trump lost

In the republican preliminary elections in Aiova, Ted Cruz won the victory

Donald Trump and Ted Cruise during debate

Billionaire Donald Trump, whom Vlamyr Putin President called at the end of last year the “absolute leader of the presidential race”, lost the first preliminary elections (coks) in Iowa Senator from Texas Ted Cruzu.

According to preliminary data, Trump took the second place with 24% of the votes of voters -partisans, while Cruz was able to enlist 28. The third is the Senator from Florida Marco Rubio - 23% of the vote.

Such a result for many analysts has become sensational: many promised him success in Ayov. According to a survey conducted in mid -December last year, The Washington Post, together with the ABC television channel, 38% of the respondents of the Republicans are ready to vote for Trump, which is 6% higher than October and November. The success of Trump, who escaped far ahead of his rivals in the primaries, the newspaper directly connected with his proposal to ban the entry into the United States to Muslims. However, according to those polls, Trump, even in case of victory in republican primaries, still loses the favorite of the Democrats, US former secretary Hillary Clinton.

Ted Cruz the same, the same Washington Post explains the reasons for the reasons for the support of religious and conservative groups in the party, which were obvious, were shocked, overly scandalous remarks of a millionaire candidate. And this means the newspaper notes that he still prevails “an old-fashioned approach to politics”.

Probably, Trump’s loss in Aiovo did not add good mood in the Kremlin, where, judging by Putin’s remarks, they have already begun to perceive him as a serious promising candidate from the Republicans, with whom, for some reason, many representatives of the Russian political elite, it is easier to find a common language and agree on serious issues than with the democrats. Moreover, Trump himself repeatedly articulated the intention of “getting along with Putin” during the race and bring relationships with Russia to a deeper level.

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton leads the democratic primaries in Ayov. She gained 50.1% of the vote, ahead of the senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders, who received 49.3%. The nominees of both parties to participate in the elections of the 58th President of the United States will be determined following the results of the primaries in all 50 states and in the capital's district of Colombia.

The US presidential election will be held on November 8, 2016.