Pre-match: How the Iowa Caucuses Work

Still no results.

 

The Russians are involved, be patient.

 

If a caucus falls in the woods, and no one reports about what happened, did the caucus really happen?

 

Hillary Clinton wins by default? Oh sorry, that was the 2016 playbook.

 

Yea no, she did it the old fashioned way. Win more votes

 

Right.. the old fashion way.

 

Around 20 precincts in Iowa are reporting first alignment results, and it’s:

Buttigieg 21
Sanders 22
Biden 17
Warren 17
Klobuchar 15. https://t.co/bSrojRPOfB

— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) February 4, 2020

 

sorry the 2016 Sanders/Trump BS of “rigged” primary still irks me. There was nothing rigged about it. More people voted for her than Sanders. Nothing more straightforward than that

 

tonight's counts are going to be interesting for you then.

 

if they ever let them come out...

 

They were always going to be interesting to me - I’m an Analyst by trade

 

Is there good money in that?

 

What a joke this caucuses is. No results at 11:30 eastern lol. The app that was suppose to tabulate results crashes. Hopefully this gets rid of Iowa as first in the nation status. 92% white the electorate is totally unrepresentative of overall democratic voters. The fact that caucuses are undemocratic is the real reason why they should go. No secret ballot, Peer and group pressure, endless hours stuck at a site. Imagine having young kids, being pregnant, disabled, not being social or not knowing English that well. You would be totally ********ed in a Caucus. It's also being reported many people walked out when there 1st choice wasn't viable which makes this thing even worse.


I want some results!

 

Someone I know in the Sanders campaign tells me that their internal indicate that Biden imploded tonight

 

1% drink.

 

Obviously Sanders won... big. Otherwise the results would have be released by now.

 

I thought he was channeling Jim from Taxi.

 

I mean, you just perfectly described Joe Biden energy

 

And you guys were worried about Russians... oh boy, what a mess. Biden has already brought in lawyers.

 

klobuchar was smart to make the first move. But I’m biased as she currently has my vote.

another insight from Sanders folks is that if Biden did implode, a Kloubuchar surprise is their biggest fear

 

Remind me again why Iowa gets to go first.