Elections 2016 Iowa Caucus Thread

[44nutman]

Bring back Rick Santorum.

The fact that Santorum won in 2012, should let the rest of the country now how irrevelant Iowa is in the election. How they got awarded their plush spot is beyond me.

 

[Lead]

CNN is listening in on one of the polling places and it looks like Rubio and Trump are getting the majority of the votes with a spattering of Rand Paul

Rubio and Cruz?

 

[theBLADE1]

Clinton 52.0%
Sanders 47.4%
O'Malley 0.5%

 

[Satanical Eve]

Rubio and Cruz?

I would be shocked if Cruz and Rubio went 1 and 2

 

[Lead]

The fact that Santorum won in 2012, should let the rest of the country now how irrevelant Iowa is in the election. How they got awarded their plush spot is beyond me.

It wasn;'t awarded. They scheduled it so early because of their caucus process taking so long. They pretty much got this prized position but dumb luck.

 

[Lead]

I would be shocked if Cruz and Rubio went 1 and 2

No, I'm saying I'm watching CNN and Rubio and Cruz were neck and neck at that live count place, not Trump and Rubio

 

[Mondo Freaks]

135 GOAT looking good

 

[theBLADE1]

Clinton 51.5%
Sanders 48.0%
O'Malley 0.5%

 

[Satanical Eve]

Sanders is catching up from what I been seeing

 

[Lead]

Sanders is catching up from what I been seeing

Well when they showed it at 1%, it was 41% Bernie but that was like less than 1000 votes. Now we are seeing multiple counties at once.

 

[Unknown Pleasures]

Sanders hanging close... is that a moral victory for him?

 

[theBLADE1]

Well when they showed it at 1%, it was 41% Bernie but that was like less than 1000 votes. Now we are seeing multiple counties at once.

681 of 1683 Precincts have reported.

 

[K1levelgrappler]

Some gallows humour from fivethirtyeight:

Jeb Bush is currently projected to win about 2,600 votes in Iowa, or about 2 percent of the overall turnout. That would work out to one vote per $25,000 in spending by Bush’s super PAC, Right to Rise, which has spent a total of $64.8 million so far. (Granted, not all of that money has been spent in Iowa.)

 

[theBLADE1]

Sanders hanging close... is that a moral victory for him?

It certainly a moral victory but he might still actually win. Still a way to go.

 

[Lead]

Some gallows humour from fivethirtyeight:

Jeb Bush is currently projected to win about 2,600 votes in Iowa, or about 2 percent of the overall turnout. That would work out to one vote per $25,000 in spending by Bush’s super PAC, Right to Rise, which has spent a total of $64.8 million so far. (Granted, not all of that money has been spent in Iowa.)

Citizens United was overhyped from what this election is showing. Super PACs have been not as effective as people worried they would.

 

[bad seed]

Some gallows humour from fivethirtyeight:

Jeb Bush is currently projected to win about 2,600 votes in Iowa, or about 2 percent of the overall turnout. That would work out to one vote per $25,000 in spending by Bush’s super PAC, Right to Rise, which has spent a total of $64.8 million so far. (Granted, not all of that money has been spent in Iowa.)

it must be so grim over at Jeb headquarters. The whole Bush clan begging the few remaining donors to stay positive and promising a turnaround any moment now...

 

[Lead]

Bush and Christie should jump out of the race money wise but they will likely stay til NH and continue to split the vote.

 

[carlos cadona]

Cruz lead seems to be widening slightly, but at only 19% there is still plenty of room left for a Trump turn around.

 

[MANIAC123]

Looking at the map of Iowa a lot of Counties where Bernie is doing well still have many precincts to declare. This could get really close.

 

[ncordless]

It will trend late for Bernie. Photo finish. The trump train is going to go off the rails. Lack of ground game.