Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumWhat the Hell is Going On in Iowa?
Its Thursday afternoon, the Iowa caucuses ended Monday night, and we still do not know who won. Heres the precious little that we do know:
Who won?
Like I said, we dont know. With 97 percent of precincts reporting, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is leading in the popular vote, banking 44,753 votes to former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigiegs 42,235. Sanders and Buttigieg are tied in pledged delegates, 11 a piece. And Buttigieg is narrowly leading Sanders in state delegate equivalents 550 to Sanders 547 the metric that has historically gauged success in the Iowa caucuses.
Sanders might soon eclipse Buttigieg in SDEs, too, thanks to his strong performance in satellite caucuses. Satellite sites are designed to accommodate voters who cant make it to regular caucus sites. Satellite voting took place in 87 locations this year, both inside of Iowa, at nursing homes and rehab centers, and outside: in far-flung locations where permanent residents of the state happen to be from freelance journalists and skiers in Tbilisi, Georgia, to snowbirds who have escaped Iowas punishing winters for balmy Palm Springs, California. The Intercept reports that a big bet on satellite caucuses, which are new this year, was always part of the Sanders campaigns plan to win Iowa.
Sanders went ahead and declared victory in Iowa from New Hampshire on Thursday. That screw-up has been extremely unfair to the people of Iowa, it has been unfair to the candidate, all of the candidates, and all of their supporters. So, what I want to do today, three days late, is to thank the people of Iowa for the very strong victory they gave us in the Iowa caucuses, he said. Buttigieg has also declared victory. He did it first on Monday night, telling a crowd of supporters in Des Moines, Iowa, you have shocked the nation because by all indications, we are going on to New Hampshire victorious. He hedged in an interview the following morning, saying it was a clear victory simply to reach the position that we did.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/iowa-caucus-democratic-primary-chaos-948677/
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)clockwork...something bigger is going on. Are they using an app up there?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)But nothing is normal these days.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)Fingers crossed its more normal.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,234 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Caucus leaders ,now just what could go wrong.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden