Candidate Donald Trump is holding three events in Iowa on Caucus day today.  The first is at 11:00am CST, Noon EST in Waterloo Iowa.  The second is at 1:30pm CST, 2:30pm EST in Cedar Rapids, and the final event is a Caucus Results event in West Des Moines at 9:00pm CST / 10:00pm EST

The first event takes place in Waterloo at the Ramada Waterloo Hotel and Convention Center, noon Eastern:

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In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “2016 Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Presidential Race and/or any of the candidates therein.

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Volgarian8301 asks:  “I’m curious about something from the folks who have been here through previous elections. I have only been in the Treehouse a little over a year, so I have not experienced an election with a group like this.

How does the level of excitement, (or in my case nerves) compare with previous elections. Were you guys this excited and sure of the candidate in previous years? It feels like Christmas Eve when I was a child, like it will never get here, and the expectations…oh my!!

I never followed politics until this election and I have learned so much from this site. With that said, however, I’m going from anxious to elated, from completely sure to letting doubt creep in. We can’t get this one wrong!!

Just would like some insight on the feel of this year in comparison to past elections, from the members who have been here longer than I have.”...

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Candidate Donald Trump holds his second campaign rally of the day tonight in Sioux City Iowa at the Sioux City Orpheum Theatre 6:00pm Central, 7:00pm Eastern:

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A new poll From Franklin Pierce (full pdf below) on behalf of the Boston Herald shows Donald Trump gaining an additional 5 points in the past week.  Trump now dominates the New Hampshire polling with 38%, Ted Cruz with 13% and Bush/Rubio with 10% each.

In addition, almost 60% of New Hampshire voters now see Donald Trump as inevitable Republican Presidential Nominee:

BOSTON HERALD – […] Trump has a massive 25-point advantage over his nearest rival Cruz while Sanders has grown his lead over Clinton to a 57-37 percent margin , according to the poll of likely Granite State primary voters conducted Jan. 26-30.

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Candidate Donald Trump used his Facebook Page today to reach out directly to voters and share an optimistic message:

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And the recipient eviscerates Cruz’s campaign claim claim in an article via the New Yorker.

One of the targeted voters of Ted Cruz’s campaign shaming letters is a political scientist in Iowa.  He was none to happy with the message, or the data of himself and his neighbors.

(Via New Yorker) […] In Iowa, although voter registration information is free and available to the public, voter history is not. That information is maintained by the secretary of state, which licenses it to campaigns, super PACs, polling firms, and any other entity that might want it. So was the Cruz campaign accurately portraying the voter histories of Iowans? Or did it simply make up the numbers? (more…)

Face The Nation:

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