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I was going to write this OP tonight. I had millions of brilliant ideas. It was going to be full of hilarious jokes. But Joementum got there first.
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CAUCUS RESULTS VIEWING INSTRUCTIONS In case of Hillary win, play this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8 In case of Bernie win, play this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x72w_69yS1A In case of O'Malley win, play this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5ZiyxguUvc
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Feb 1, 2016 00:49
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quote:2. Skunk River Arms Gun Shop -- Hayesville, Iowa quote:7. Jimi B’s Bar and Grill -- Bernard, Iowa
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Feb 1, 2016 00:58
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oystertoadfish posted:mildly subdued lol @ republican caucus process because it's clearly a stepping stone to the ultimate goal of replacing caucuses (caucii?) with primaries it's not. iowa is a caucus in order to prevent a conflict with new hampshire. new hampshire law says it must be the first state in the nation to have a primary. iowa only needs to have the first presidential preference by 8 days, so iowa runs a caucus so that both states don't have mutually contradicting laws. iowa can never move to a primary system without losing its first in the nation status.
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Feb 1, 2016 01:20
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Joementum posted:Sure they can, they just need the RNC to side with them over NH. The NH state law is a signal of the state's passion for being first, but the only person bound by it is the NH Secretary of State. Sure, the parties could change anything if they wanted - up to and including ending IA/NH's dominance. But NH would not be likely to go along with Iowa moving to a primary unilaterally, and they would end up in a frontloading war.
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Feb 1, 2016 01:27
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Pinterest Mom posted:What's New Hampshire going to do about it after the RNC strips their delegates? Honestly, nobody campaigns in NH/IA for the delegates so even if they were stripped they would probably still retain enormous power. It would probably take some other, harsher kind of penalty.
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May the corn be with you. Always.
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blue squares posted:Its not even monday yet. you just can't contain yourself, OP It's Monday. The caucus is happening right now. You're missing it! Hurry!
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Feb 1, 2016 02:35
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Jewel Repetition posted:The caucus starts at 7pm so that's when I'm tuning in. It's impossible to tell when the actual results will be announced, but it'll be sometime after 10pm. Results should start coming in earlier than 10. This year, the IDP partnered with Microsoft to develop a system to report caucus results. Each caucus has an app which reports to the IDP. The IDP will update the results every 15 minutes with the latest results. The presidential preference portion of the caucus begins at 7:30pm. By 8, some of the first results will be coming in. By 9, most of them should be in, minus caucuses with technical difficulties or those with extenuating circumstances.
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Feb 1, 2016 03:53
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Hey, I think Microsoft is actually pretty good these days re: producing good software.
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It's going to work. Wait and see.
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Feb 1, 2016 03:59
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You'll be like, "You got it right, CC!" Also, the phone reporting system still works as a backup.
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Feb 1, 2016 04:00
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memy posted:How long will it take for the actual delegate numbers to come out? The national delegate number will take months. The county delegate numbers (and their associated SDE value) should come out within 15 minutes of the presidential preference portion of a caucus ending.
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Feb 1, 2016 04:25
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Generation Internet posted:
Uncommitted actually usually wins some delegates, and then they can go to the county convention and caucus for whomever they like.
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Feb 1, 2016 05:22
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Generation Internet posted:I just can't fathom how democracy is done by standing in corners in the year 2016, and that candidates spend millions of dollars to get people to stand in corners. The whole 'yell at your peers you you can visibly see voting' is weird as hell too, as far as 'official parts of a real goddamn election' go. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnh-136QqO8
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Feb 1, 2016 05:42
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OctoberBlues posted:The only time I was ever able to do the Iowa caucuses was in 2004 and this one douchebag went to the Kucinich area even though I heard him say earlier he wanted Dean to win. He then spent 5 minutes reveling in the attention that the Edwards and Kerry camps gave him to try to get him before going to the Dean group where he should have just started at if he wasn't an attention seeking rear end in a top hat. Good times. yep this is the iowa caucus
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Feb 1, 2016 05:45
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Vox Nihili posted:Not that I know of. They did support Obama in 2008, which might be what you're recalling. Microsoft employees were one of Bernie's top donors by employer (after Google).
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Feb 1, 2016 13:53
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thrawn527 posted:I, um...what? If Candidate A is awarded 1.9, Candidate B has 1.4, and Candidate C has 1.2, then Candidate B would be awarded an additional delegate. Candidate A needs .6 to reach the next rounding threshold. Candidate C needs .3. Candidate B only needs .1. And Candidate B? That candidate.. is named Bernie.
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pathetic little tramp posted:
*flexes muscles*
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WAR DOGS OF SOCHI posted:Thanks, man. Probably not, because the Straw Poll was a massive scam and waste of money.
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Feb 1, 2016 21:11
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Can campaigns bus in supporters to their Caucus location? Yes.
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Bernie is outperforming in rural Iowa. He swept most of SW Iowa except for Mills and Cass (at least so far). He won Sioux City and much of NW Iowa. But the three big Bernie areas - Story, Johnson, and Black Hawk - are letting Hillary run way too close. This is giving Hillary the win. The students are not turning out at a sufficient rate.
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Uncommitted is on the board! #TeamUncommitted
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Feb 2, 2016 04:29
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Clinton may have enough results from precinct captains in remaining precincts to call the race prior to official results coming in.
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how do results get lost? here's some fun examples: a precinct where literally no one showed up a precinct where the chair didn't show up and so a random person who didn't understand caucus rules or caucus math simply had people vote for who they wanted and then never told anyone the result. welcome to the iowa caucus!
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OrangeKing posted:Make that a 5-0 lead in the coin tossing primary for Clinton: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/st...-flip/79680342/ The Tails Never Fails strategy
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pathetic little tramp posted:The caucus is officially called for Hillary a good illustration of the iowa caucus in my opinion
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pathetic little tramp posted:Bernouts are raising hell that "doing a coin flip is not in the official rule book! We want a recount!" how do you even recount a caucus
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Vox Nihili posted:Makes more sense than giving away extra votes by chance. It would be trivial to set up assignment rules that don't rely on that and it's endlessly amusing that people think the current way is in any way defensible. Who exactly do you send as the "unassigned" delegate? I don't see how you can pick someone who isn't a Bernie or Hillary supporter. Honestly, there are problems with the Iowa caucus but coin flips for ties are not one of them. County delegates are worth very little and you need some way to settle ties. Removing or adding a delegate to a precinct is just as arbitrary as flipping a coin, even if it "seems" more professional, and it's just as likely to unfairly bias toward one candidate or the other. Concerned Citizen has issued a correction as of 06:20 on Feb 3, 2016 |
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fishmech posted:They can, but it's rare. They get picked because they were one of the biggest proponents of their candidate at the meeting, not just some guy who was like "I like this candidate I guess". Not always. There's horse trading involved sometimes ("caucus with us and we'll let you be a delegate") and oftentimes it's a struggle to find people who will be a delegate. But your delegates are meant to be elected from your preference group - still, someone could change their mind between caucus day and the county convention.
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fishmech posted:Except there was a clear winner. In a sense. In reality, the winner on the night of the caucus is just an estimate anyway - the actual delegate fight happens later. The only reason SDE is reported at all is out of convention to figure out who "won" on caucus night.
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