2016 Iowa Caucus Thread

[moraha]

Cruz completely fucked Paul over...extremely pissed right now. I know it's still early, but I didn't expect the polls to be as accurate as the current numbers are showing.

 

[LatinsforPaul]

 

[cornell]

"Do we have anything for Carly Fiorina?"

"Nope."

"Didn't think so."

Funny to hear this on the CSPAN caucus stream haha.

 

[brandon]

The truth is our issues aren't appealing to the base. They want action, whether it be tough talk and action against ISIS, a border wall, etc. There's a reason why the top 4 candidates arguably offer nothing but personal qualities. Trump is the bomb-thrower populist, Cruz the self-proclaimed conservative fighter doling out read meat, Rubio the robotic neocon with his programmed statements, Carson the soft-spoken evangelical.

Rand and Jeb! arguably often the most in terms of substance (different blends, yes, but arguably the wonkiest) and they have just been steamrolled by bluster. It's unfortunate, but there is nothing that can be done about it.

Ron Paul got 20% here 4 years ago so it's more than just the issues. The candidate and presentation must take some fault.

 

[Fivezeroes]

Trump was right when he said Iowan's are idiots. They choose to vote for someone who is wholly owned by Goldman Sachs, who's wife is an executive at G.S. I mean holy shit, really the people of Iowa are STUPID AS FUCK - Minus the Rand Paul supporters of course.

 

[Tenal]

You guys are all freaking out too early. They barely even recorded Des Moines and he's doing extremely well there. He's gonna do well; sit back and keep watching.

 

[misterx]

I'm calling it now for Bernie Sanders. Once the urban vote comes in, he's a lock.

 

[adam220891]

A fair question would be what counties have been counted. How many votes are left in the big student areas?

Johnson is 21% in, Rand at 6.8%

Story is 18% in, Rand at 5.4%

Blackhawk is 25% in, Rand at 8.9%

 

[CPUd]

what counties should we pay attention to?

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FYI - Black Hawk (UNI), Johnson (Iowa), and Story (Iowa State) are the counties of the Public Universities.

 

[Joeinmo]

Blackhawk County NorthernIowa University, Rand in 3rd currently. Waterloo, Cedar falls

 

[squirl22]

Most or all of the big ones are still out.

Exactly, they are the last to come in...seeing the more rural areas reporting first.

 

[MarcusI]

I think 4th place isnt possible anymore, sry :/. At least its 5th place and Bush is behind. Thats all.

 

[Dianne]

I cant believe idiots are voting for idiot Ben Carson.
Still lost for words how anyone could vote for a Canadian lol

A Canadian Cuban, funded by Goldman Sachs, on top of that. I heard him give a stump speech this morning, and he was bragging on how the world won't want to mess with a Cuban President. He went further to say, when he is elected President his father will barbecue a pig in the backyard .... tradition I guess in Cuba. WTF?

Now I believe we all see the effect of GMO's in our food. The country is virtually brain dead.

 

[tonyaustin]

Cruz is the scum of the Earth and doesn't have a hope in hell of winning a general election. You'll be feeling the Bern. I'll be looking into agorism.

The media will give Cruz a free pass in hopes he wins the nomination. Then from the convention until election day Cruz's past comments on gays will be played once every 3 minutes 24x7 on all the news channels to give the Dems the win on the big day.

 

[thedizzle]

The only mistake Ron Paul ever made was putting Ted The Canadian Cruz on the map.

 

[AngryCanadian]

I'm calling it now for Bernie Sanders. Once the urban vote comes in, he's a lock.

Nope doesn't look that way.

 

[ApathyCuredRP]

I will be happy with a close finish to 3rd. We need 12-15%. Ideally a 3rd place to be in the next debate. Hopefully we see a big uptick when the college numbers come in.

 

[ProBlue33]

Santorum wins last time now he is at 1%, this makes me happy too

 

[CPUd]

I see the dark horse candidate Jim Gilmore has 2 votes. Keep an eye on that one!

 

[newbitech]

Trump and Sanders pulling down massive support. Any which way you slice it, it seems like the more cold hard truths brought into the light, the darker this country gets.

Sick!