By: Jordan Branch and Marissa Laliberte
CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley ended the Iowa Democratic caucuses at 0.6 percent -- far behind his rivals -- and suspended his presidential campaign Monday. Candidate Hillary Clinton won the caucus, with support of 49.9 percent of Iowa Democrats, 0.3 percentage points ahead of Bernie Sanders. O'Malley's lackluster performance shouldn't have come as a shock. Polls of the race taken in December and January consistently put O'Malley at about 5 percent. But the margin of error in most of the polls meant the real level of O'Malley support could have been as low as zero.
Source: Sampling of Polls of Iowa Democrats Collected by Real Clear Politics
Yellow area around line represents the margin of error range (+-) for each polling result