Carson, Clinton take Iowa in the Digest’s Mirror presidential election

In the Digest’s Mirror US Presidential Election, focused on bioeconomy voters in the weeks leading up to the actual Iowa Caucuses, Ben Carson won the Iowa Republican caucuses and Hillary Clinton took the Iowa Democratic caucuses. In our winner-take all system, we have awarded 30 delgates to Ben Carson and 46 to Hillary Clinton. Complete background on the Mirror election is here.

In the Republican ballot, the final vote tallies were:

Ben Carson       26% 30 delegates
Donald Trump 19%
Jeb Bush           14%
Carly Fiorina    10%
Mike Huckabee 7%
John Kasich       7%
Marco Rubio      5%
Bobby Jindal      2%
George Pataki    2%
Ted Cruz             2%
Rand Paul          2%
Chris Christie    2%
Lindsay Graham <1%
Rick Santorum  <1%

In the Democratic ballot, the final vote tallies were:

Hillary Clinton   55% 30 delegates
Bernie Sanders  41%
Martin O’Malley 5%

Overall national Republican voting preferences are:

Donald Trump   24%
Ben Carson         23%
Marco Rubio       11%
Jeb Bush             10%
John Kasich         9%
Carly Fiorina       8%
Ted Cruz              4%
Rand Paul            3%
Chris Christie      2%
Bobby Jindal       2%
Mike Huckabee   1%
Lindsay Graham 1%
Rick Santorum    1%
George Pataki    <1%

In the Democratic ballot, the latest voting preferences:

Hillary Clinton 62%
Bernie Sanders 35%
Martin O’Malley 2%