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Democratic Presidential Primary |February OT| It Can't be Worse than Iowa, Right? (Discussion Guidelines in OP)
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I don't think it's smart either. It makes me wonder that there's too many discrepancies for them to ever make a big deal about the complete vote and I wonder if those will actually be released when something else is dominating the news in the near future to attempt to reduce blowback.
Don't worry they'll just use the try and true "vote blue no matter who line" and every moderate will instantly fall in line with no misgivings what so ever.
Oh, of course CNN says they have an "error" to make it say 95% instead of 62%
After 4 straight years of moderates screaming that shit at leftists, they fucking better.
If Bernie picks a black man/woman as his VP, I feel it would help him make headway into not just minority communities, but also among "woke" libs who believe he's a racist for whatever inane reason. It would help him compete in the south in a BIG way, and build a coalition along class/racial lines rather than ideological lines. In other words, I think he could afford to have a VP who is less moderate if they are a minority, specifically black since Bernie already does very well with (non-Cuban) Hispanics. That's my hope.
Abrams builds the coalition, but is a bit closer to the center than I'd like.I also don't think she'd be on board. Pressley would be a great pick if she weren't so green.
Abrams builds the coalition, but is a bit closer to the center than I'd like.I also don't think she'd be on board. Pressley would be a great pick if she weren't so green.
62% would be valuable if we were getting a live count. Now, a day late, just fucking wait until you have it all. The chaos if this sample doesn't end up being representative of the entire vote will be astounding.
Bernie has ~1000 more votes in the final round than Pete yet he's getting more delegates than him? Tf
Yeah it's Bernie we have to worry about. Meanwhile Biden was threatening a lawsuit over this
Holy shit. I didn't even know this was possible. Fuck you, Iowa, if this holds up. And I live here.
It would be an interesting twist if Buttigieg's campaign properly calculated the weights of the delegates they won and Bernie's didn't. I don't know how they'd be so off otherwise. If they are, in the end.
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The campaigns wanted a result last night to activate funding sources. Sometimes it's not even 100% because a few precinct chairs go to bed if they can't report the results in successfully. It's happened often enough that it's not even unusual.
Now the media will attempt to turn partial results into a horse race, like they wanted to do last night, but its actually harder to do for a caucus when you have more, earlier info.
But showing strong first round interest numbers may make it easier for 3rd/4th place candidates to stay in the race for a few states longer.
I mean in a country that has the electoral college you are seriously asking this?
It was deliberate. They want people sharing that shit so Pete gets the momentum from "winning" Iowa.
So it looks like, at this point, delegate win for Pete, vote win for Bernie. But close enough that they may well flip either way by the end.
Ultimately that's a good result for both, though I'm sure Sanders was hoping for something more decisive.
Biden fighting with Klobuchar for fourth place is tragic though.
Ultimately that's a good result for both, though I'm sure Sanders was hoping for something more decisive.
Biden fighting with Klobuchar for fourth place is tragic though.
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