Iikhokhasi ze-Iowa zishiyeke iintsuku ezimbalwa, ngoLwesibini, nge-3 kaJanuwari ka-2012. Imithombo yeendaba kunye nababukeli bezopolitiko bajolise kulo msitho njengokhuphiswano lokuqala lwabagqatswa beRiphabliki kunyulo luka-2012.
Umdyarho eIowa ngoku uphakathi kukaRon Paul noMitt Romney. U-Newt Gingrich uwile ngokukhawuleza kwiindawo zokuvota kwi-Hawkeye State, kuba unemithwalo yezopolitiko kunye neyakhe ubuqu kunomzi-mveliso waseSamsonite. Inyani yile, nangona kunjalo, ukuba uRon Paul uphumelele eIowa, ngekhe yenze nto ukuphucula amathuba akhe okutyunjwa kwindibano ka-Agasti, 2012 eTampa. Iimbono zakhe kwimigaqo-nkqubo yamanye amazwe nakwimicimbi yezentlalo zininzi kakhulu xa kuthelekiswa nemimandla yaseRiphabhlikhi kuzwelonke ukuze abenethuba elikude lokuchongwa.
Ngokwahlukileyo, ukutyunjwa kukaMongameli we-GOP kukho ukuba uRomney aphumelele okanye aphulukane noJanuwari. Kukho uthotho lwezinto ezintathu zokuqala ngoJanuwari ekufuneka uMitt aphumelele ezimbini: INew Hampshire ngoLwesibini, nge-10 kaJanuwari, eSouth Carolina ngoMgqibelo, nge-21 kaJanuwari naseFlorida ngoLwesibini, nge-31 kaJanuwari.
URomney kuphela komgqatswa okwangoku onokuthi aphumelele ukutyunjwa kunye nokunyulwa okuchasene noMongameli uBarack Obama. Ukuba uMitt uphumelele isibini kwezi zintathu zikaJanuwari, uya kube esendleleni eya kunyulo lokuqala lobongameli. Ukuba akaphumeleli ukwenza njalo, iinkokheli ze-GOP ziya kujonga ngaphandle kwendawo yangoku yomtyunjwa wabo.
UMitt Romney uya kuba nguMongameli olawulayo wase-United States. Ngaphandle kwezityholo ezichasene noko, impumelelo yakhe kwi-Bain Capital imenza afaneleke njengomntu oqonda nzulu ngendlela icandelo labucala eliyidala ngayo imisebenzi. Ngelishwa, indima yakhe ekudalweni kwenkqubo yokhathalelo lwempilo eMassachusetts yamenza wakrokrela kwizangqa ezithile ezilondolozayo. Le ngxwabangxwaba yaseRomneycare, nangona kunjalo, iya kuba yinto yexesha elidlulileyo ukuba uMitt uzuze ulawulo olululo lokutyunjwa ngoJanuwari.
Ukuphumelela e-Iowa kuya kunika uRomney umfutho obalulekileyo njengoko esiya eNew Hampshire kwiveki elandelayo. UMitt ngoku ukhokela intsimi ngomda obanzi kwiGranite State. Uloyiso eIowa naseNew Hampshire luya kuqhubela phambili uMitt njengoko esiya eSouth Carolina naseFlorida.
EMzantsi Carolinakwaye iFlorida iya kubeka imiceli mngeni enzima kakhulu kuRomney. Iipolls zibonisa uMitt elandelela iNewt Gingrich ngamanqanaba aphindwe kabini kuwo omabini la mazwe.
Ubuhlanga obuchasene noMormoni, ngelishwa, busasazeke eSouth Carolina. Ngaphandle kokuvunywa kweRhuluneli uNikki Haley, kuyathandabuzeka ukuba uRomney angaphumelela i-South Carolina yaseprayimari. U-Haley ngokwakhe ubephantsi kokugxekwa ngokuqatha kwezinye izangqa ezilondolozayo kwiPalmetto State, kwaye ukuvunywa kwakhe lixabiso elilinganiselweyo kuphela.
IFloridaNgumbandela owahlukileyo. Ukuvunyelwa nguRhuluneli owayesaziwa ngaphambili uJeb Bush kunokuhamba indlela ende ekususeni ukukhokelwa kukaNewt ngaphezulu kweMitt kwi-Sunshine State. Kwiveki ephelileyo, utata kaJeb, owayesakuba nguMongameli uGeorge H.W. UBush wavuma uMitt Romney ukuba abe nguMongameli. Singalindela ukuqinisekiswa kweJeb kukaMitt ukuba kwenziwe ixesha nje emva kweprayimari yaseNew Hampshire.
Ukuba ukuqinisekiswa kukaJeb Bush kwenza ukuba uRomney aphumelele amabanga aphambili eFlorida, uMitt uya kuba ngumongameli we-GOP ngo-2012. Ngaphandle koko, lindela ukuba iinkokheli ze-GOP zikazwelonke zizame ukuyila u-Jeb Bush kunyulo luka-Mongameli we-Riphabhlikhi, kwa-lo Jeb Bush ukwamkelwa kwakhe kubaluleke kakhulu kwimpumelelo ka-Romney e-Florida.
