SilentBull
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Extremely noteworthy is that the Iowa Caucuses — unlike in 2012 — will take place while college is in session, by default leading to an increase in youth voters. This is particularly important when noting that Rand Paul has created, in “Students for Rand,” arguably the greatest youth outreach operation in American electoral history.
...conversely, Donald Trump’s ground game is nonexistent: unprecedented for Iowa, but perhaps not surprising for a political novice. Another political newcomer, Ben Carson, has put together a much better infrastructure, but has seen his campaign slowly implode over the last several months.
Meanwhile, even using measuring techniques that are likely flawed, Rand Paul has picked up serious steam, rising to fifth place in Iowa in multiple polls, likely propelling him into FOX News’s main stage debate on Thursday.
With one week to go in 2012, Rick Santorum was in sixth place out of seven candidates in the RealClearPolitics average in Iowa, just ahead of Jon Huntsman, who had elected to forego the caucuses. Santorum would go on to rise by seventeen points by the time voting concluded, pulling off one of the most improbable feats in political history.
Why can’t Paul do the same this time?
http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/rand-paul-is-about-to-shock-everyone-in-iowa/