Elections 2016 Iowa Caucus Thread

[GearSolidMetal]

Clinton 49.8
Sanders 49.7

1669 of 1683 precincts reporting.

What about the 2nd choices for the O'Malley supporters?

 

[in the]

Come on, Sanders... pull this off.

The voters of Iowa are clearly a bunch of misogynists, voting for yet another old white CIShet man over a progressive female. Fucking white supremacy and patriarchy at work in Iowa.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

It'd be hilarious if whoever wins, won by 0.1%

Page 12.

I had no idea how right I would be.

 

[in the]

Bush really shat the bed.

Nearly spent more than Cruz and Rubio combined, only to come in 6th place with 2.8% of the vote.

 

[JDragon]

I read that only 14 percent of late deciders chose Trump.

He screwed up on the Fox debate imo.

 

[Ayin]

That's horrendous. (the Bush pic)

 

[Gervinho]

Trump won the evangelico vote atleast

 

[Graves The Elder]

oy vey!

 

[Towelie by TKO]

A virtual tie might as well be a crushing defeat for Hilldog. Bernie will now be seen as legitimate, his supporters who may have previously been too apathetic to actually vote will be galvanized, Bernie's dominance of social media will help carry the momentum to NH.

I'm not even a Democrat and I'm stoked.

#AnyoneButHillary2016

 

[Videer]

You know it is true, make it hapin.

 

[NelmarksGhost]

It's being reported the Iowa Democratic Party failed to properly staff 90 precincts. Now they're asking both campaigns to help "recreate" the result. This race won't be over for another 2 weeks.

 

[goldennirvana]

I'm not American and I'm not going through this entire thread. What does this have to do with the presidential election? It seems Trump lost, so does this mean he has less of a chance of winning the 2016 election? I have no idea what's going on. Someone please explain as best you can. Thank you.

 

[ncordless]

I'm not American and I'm not going through this entire thread. What does this have to do with the presidential election? It seems Trump lost, so does this mean he has less of a chance of winning the 2016 election? I have no idea what's going on. Someone please explain as best you can. Thank you.

Yes. This harms Trump. Basically what happened is that the first of many nominating events was held to choose our candidates. Trump underperformed fairly badly. Cruz did what he had to do to stay in top tier, and Rubio helped himself greatly, pulling away as 3rd from rest of the pack and staying almost even with Trump.

Bernie probably needed to do more if he was going to pull this thing off, but he also showed he can hang. Schedule is tough for Bernie though. Too south heavy too early for him.

 

[MicroBrew]

Trump won the evangelico vote atleast

He did?

I'm not American and I'm not going through this entire thread. What does this have to do with the presidential election? It seems Trump lost, so does this mean he has less of a chance of winning the 2016 election? I have no idea what's going on. Someone please explain as best you can. Thank you.

Nah, doesn't mean Trump is out for the count. Iowa is 1 state.

 

[Dark One]

Cruz won 8 delegates, Trump and Rubio both won 7 delegates according to USA Today. So it's hardly a crushing defeat for Trump.

 

[GSP in 2006]

Cruz won 8 delegates, Trump and Rubio both won 7 delegates according to USA Today. So it's hardly a crushing defeat for Trump.

Not a crushing defeat at all, but like Hillary, the results didn't really meet the preception of them (Trump & Hillary) as the frontrunners.

It will be interesting to see what the next round of polls look like.

 

[Irenaeus]

Cruz won 8 delegates, Trump and Rubio both won 7 delegates according to USA Today. So it's hardly a crushing defeat for Trump.

Not in terms of delegates, no. But the reason Iowa is important isn't delegates, it's because it's a battle for the control of the media narrative, which is (or used to be) one of Trump's greatest assets. It's also a bit of a reality check when it comes to if the very untraditional candidate Trump's strong poll numbers translate to actual votes, and as such, it's not promising. In addition, if your whole schtick is being a winner, losing is really bad, image wise. Even if it's marginal in terms of delegates.

 

[JDragon]

A virtual tie might as well be a crushing defeat for Hilldog. Bernie will now be seen as legitimate, his supporters who may have previously been too apathetic to actually vote will be galvanized, Bernie's dominance of social media will help carry the momentum to NH.

I'm not even a Democrat and I'm stoked.

#AnyoneButHillary2016

Bernie will win New Hampshire and lose all the states after that.

 

[GSP in 2006]

Bernie will win New Hampshire and lose all the states after that.

I could see him doing good in Colorado. His problem is that he's bad in the south & alot of southern states are coming up.

 

[Max Power]

Cruz wont beat Hillary in a GE. The rest of the states best get their shit together.