Eyes on second-place finisher as Trump is projected winner in Iowa caucuses

Donald Trump was projected as the winner in Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses on Monday night, but it wasn’t clear yet who had scored second place. Trump has enjoyed big leads for months in most polls of the early states, so a main focus for Iowa’s first-in-the-nation voting has been who would get second — and how close that candidate could get to the former president. Ahead of Monday’s voting in Iowa, Trump was looking on track for a victory as he had support above 50% in polls focused on the state, while Haley and DeSantis were in the teens. That’s according to a RealClearPolitics moving average for Iowa polls. New…