Donald Trump won a landslide victory over his rivals in the first contest in the Republican race for the nomination of the party’s president with the difference confirming the polls that brought him as the favorite.

Another parameter set by the analysis of the British network is the attendance of supporters of the former president despite the extreme cold.

Alongside, none of Trump’s main rivals, Nikki Haley or Ron DeSandis, appeared to threaten Trump. At the same time, his most ideologically related opponent, Vivel Ramaswamy, announced that he is dropping out and will support Trump in New Hampshire on Tuesday.

Historically huge win

Donald Trump’s victory in Iowa was historically huge, the BBC reports. He won the most votes in all but one of Iowa’s 99 counties.

No one had won an Iowa election by more than 12 points. By a margin of around 30% Trump could end up winning an outright majority of Republicans participating.

With nearly all the votes counted, Trump has 51%, with De Sandys at 21% and Haley at 19%.

An online survey that Iowans turned to Monday night explains exactly what Donald Trump’s success has been like.

About half of Republicans who took part in the election consider themselves part of Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement, according to the BBC.

Also, Trump’s victory was broad as he won young and old, men and women. He also won over the evangelical and far-right conservative voters he struggled to win over in 2016.

A large majority of Iowa voters told CBS they believed Trump was the real winner of the 2020 presidential election, a number that rose to 90 percent among Trump supporters.

Trump’s victory is a major reversal

Trump’s dominance within the Republican Party was undisputed, but his victory here, in the larger context of modern American politics, is extraordinary, the BBC reports.

Two years, 22 months and 25 days ago, he completed his first term as president amid conflict when he contested his defeat by Democrat Joe Biden, culminating in a riot on Capitol Hill on January 6. He is facing two criminal trials related to those cases.

Now, as the winner of the Iowa caucuses, he has taken the first major step toward becoming the Republican Party’s nominee in November’s presidential election.

Trump still has work to do to win. He faces a tougher challenge from Haley in New Hampshire next week, where polls show his lead has narrowed to near single digits.