Martin O’Malley has dropped out of the 2016 Democratic presidential primary race after failing to secure even one percent of the vote in the Iowa caucuses on Monday. Martin failed to gain traction over his more than eight-month campaign. Politico attributed this to O’Malley’s failure to paint himself as the “true progressive in the race” when competing with the rising popularity of Bernie Sanders. The news site also suggested that he may have been wounded in the polls by a formerly cosy relationship with Hillary Clinton. After a long campaign, Martin O’Malley will officially no longer be gracing the stages...
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