Iowa Caucuses Return Watching - OFFICIAL THREAD!!! (1/3/12)

[AngryCanadian]

100% official results from Iowa GOP:

30,015 Romney
30,007 Santorum
? Paul

Did not announce Paul's numbers
Certified results to come in 2 weeks

Sounds rigged to me.

 

[Razmear]

something about a discrepency in the number of precincts reporting from what the GOP chairman said vs the actual number. reporter is waiting for an answer.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2012/iowa-caucus-jan-3

 

[pacu44]

Huntsman in almost every debate 1%
Buddy Roemer in no debate 1%

who is unelectable?

BuddyRoemer: Worse than coming in last in Iowa w/ no debates & no PAC $$? Getting 1% after 16 nationally televised debates & a Super PAC. #justsayin

11 minutes ago · reply · permalink

 

[SenseForMiles]

I guess they were trying to decide what would put Ron Paul in the worst possible position and decided ultimately to give the edge to Romney. Yea, I am jaded and disgusted with this whole process. Was there a Paul representative watching over the votes STILL supposedly being counted at 130am????

 

[pacu44]

hopefully they were getting delegatized.....................................

 

[pacu44]

here it has a 4 vote difference for the top two


http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/IA-R

Candidate Popular
Vote Delegate Votes
Soft
Pledged Soft
Unpledged Soft
Total Hard Total
Santorum, Richard J. "Rick" 29,968 24.54% 6 21.43% 6 21.43%
Romney, Willard "Mitt" 29,964 24.54% 6 21.43% 6 21.43%
Paul, Ronald E. "Ron" 26,186 21.45% 6 21.43% 6 21.43%
Gingrich, Newton Leroy "Newt" 16,241 13.30% 4 14.29% 4 14.29%
Perry, James Richard "Rick" 12,592 10.31% 3 10.71% 3 10.71%
Bachmann, Michele M. 6,070 4.97%
Huntsman, Jon M., Jr. 744 0.61%
No Preference 135 0.11%
Others 117 0.10%
Cain, Herman 58 0.05%
Roemer, Charles E. "Buddy", III 31 0.03%
Uncommitted 28 100.00%
(available) 0 3 10.71% 3 10.71%
Total 122,106 100.00% 0 28 100.00% 28 100.00% 28 100.00%

Candidate Popular
Vote Delegate Votes
Soft
Pledged Soft
Unpledged Soft
Total Hard Total
Santorum, Richard J. "Rick" 29,968 24.54% 6 21.43% 6 21.43%
Romney, Willard "Mitt" 29,964 24.54% 6 21.43% 6 21.43%
Paul, Ronald E. "Ron" 26,186 21.45% 6 21.43% 6 21.43%
Gingrich, Newton Leroy "Newt" 16,241 13.30% 4 14.29% 4 14.29%
Perry, James Richard "Rick" 12,592 10.31% 3 10.71% 3 10.71%
Bachmann, Michele M. 6,070 4.97%
Huntsman, Jon M., Jr. 744 0.61%
No Preference 135 0.11%
Others 117 0.10%
Cain, Herman 58 0.05%
Roemer, Charles E. "Buddy", III 31 0.03%
Uncommitted 28 100.00%
(available) 0 3 10.71% 3 10.71%
Total 122,106 100.00% 0 28 100.00% 28 100.00% 28 100.00%

 

[Deborah K]

Good grief, people went to bed thinking Santorum won and they'll wake to a Romney win. WTH?

 

[Deborah K]

I would be very interested in some exit polls. Where are they?

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Good grief, people went to bed thinking Santorum won and they'll wake to a Romney win. WTH?

LOL - anything that makes them question the propaganda corps I'll take.

 

[Aratus]

Good grief, people went to bed thinking Santorum won and they'll wake to a Romney win. WTH?

some pennsylvania santorum people are in for more of a shock than are folks in utah or california?

 

[Razmear]

Officially now 17 counties each for Mitt and Ron, They took that victory away with the 'bonus' votes after the 100% were recorded.

 

[UNC08]

I would be very interested in some exit polls. Where are they?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2012/iowa-caucus-jan-3/entrance-polls

Don't think there was exit polling this year.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

I feel like I'm missing so much without new posts..

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Officially now 17 counties each for Mitt and Ron, They took that victory away with the 'bonus' votes after the 100% were recorded.

Ron still ahead on counties, we got 17.5 - Louisa County we tied Santorum for 1st

 

[ord33]

What is going on with the precincts? They are still showing incomplete: http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/primaries/county/table/r/ia?hpt=hp_pc1

For example, look at Clayton County - they are saying it is 79% finished. Ron Paul winning that County with 33% vs. 20 for Santorum and 19% for Romney. Is this just a case where CNN hasn't updated their data? There are several other counties that aren't complete as well - such as Kossuth, Lee, Tama, Van Buren, and Appanoose?

It wouldn't make a difference in Paul's placement, but it could for Romney/Santorum. It doesn't appear it would make a delegate difference either.

But geez. What a mess this was!

Something else interesting that would have looked a LOT better. Total votes = 122,255. Based on the totals for the candidates they are saying. It would only take 65 less votes for Romney to put him at 24.49% and the rounding would be down to 24%. Similar with Santorum. If Paul would have had about 70 more votes it would have been rounded up to 22%. It looks a lot better to the public in general and in the media when they see 22 vs. 24 rather than 21 vs. 25.

 

[AGRP]

Am I the only one whos perplexed with how a virtual nobody with no campaign can tie for first when his message is virtually the same as everyone else?

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Am I the only one whos perplexed with how a virtual nobody with no campaign can tie for first when his message is virtually the same as everyone else?

No.

Well, maybe.

I'm bemused, but not perplexed. We saw the manufacturing process in action.

 

[Aratus]

sad to say, obviously wily ole newt is brainier.

the mckinley gladhand when done firmly for

a full year whereby you shake 5000 hands

each day could result in a surge like this...

 

[New York For Paul]

Losing to a nobody Santorum, after Ron Paul spent four years preparing for Iowa is a downer. Caucuses were taylor made for a Ron Paul candidacy. Iowa was a place to make a stand. Large primary states will be much harder. Oh what might have been.

 

[mmadness]

Losing to a nobody Santorum, after Ron Paul spent four years preparing for Iowa is a downer. Caucuses were taylor made for a Ron Paul candidacy. Iowa was a place to make a stand. Large primary states will be much harder. Oh what might have been.

You giving up? Remember only two campaigns have the funding to go the distance. There will be an anti-Romney candidate.