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2016 Iowa caucus

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by justtxyank, Feb 1, 2016.

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    Early entrance polls from cnn show

    Clinton 50 Bernie 44

    Trump 27 Cruz 22 Rubio 21
     
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    Clinton looks strong to win Iowa
     
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    so is this some type of devious plan where clinton and trump are colluding to run against each other. trump then makes an even bigger fool of himself to make the republicans seem completely out of touch? in essence throwing the election and giving the WH back to the clinton's and letting hillary make history?

    :eek:
     
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    I'll have my tinfoil hat ready.
     
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    Looking at the actual numbers, there are very few people in the Democratic Caucus in Iowa, as of right now, Hillary is ahead of Bernie something like 200 to 186 and several Republicans are in the thousands. Is that normal?
     
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    Those totals for the democrats are not raw totals they represent state delegates.

    Democratic turnout is actually really strong but not Obama levels
     
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    Gotcha, it seemed really weird since I have seen Bernie rallies with tons of people in Iowa.
     
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    Yeah they award delegates based on percentages so if the votes in a particular caucus site are close they actually split even if one is ahead by 10 percent
     
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    Cruz is ahead in Iowa.
     
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    Republican side isn't even worth looking at yet because of low vote counts so far
     
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    When Iowa is over Carson is going home for vacation. Does that mean he is quitting?
     
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    The fact that Trump isn't blowing out the competition and Rubio doing well just shows how divided the Republican party is.

    So the 2 crazies -- Cruz and Trump -- if one of them were to be the nominee , I don't think Rubio supporters would vote for either of those 2. So that would mean a Democratic landslide.
     
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    Depends on who the Democrats run honestly. If Hillary actually gets indicted for her crimes while Secretary of State rather than the Obama Justice Department making it go away out of party loyalty, then it'll be interesting to see what happens.

    Also, I still don't think that Cruz is eligible to be president due to his Canadian birth so 2 of the top 4 candidates could be forced out before it's all said and done with.
     
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    If your wish were to come true (which wont) and Hilary gets indicted and impedes her run as President, Hilary supporters will vote for Bernie instead. Or vice versa if Hilary ends up being the nominee (which will happen). Either way, get ready for Dems in the white house for another 8 years.
     
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    If Clinton is indicted Bloomberg will run Indy
     
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    It's weird that we think of the Justice Department doing their job as merely "my wish". I guess you don't think very highly of them.

    Anyway, we'll see. Trump is the big question, he can't win no matter who he runs against because he's just awful. If the Republicans nominate him, it'll be handing the election to the Democrats. If someone like Rubio rallies and takes the nomination, then things get interesting.
     
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    Rubio is surging !!!!!
     
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    Cruz winning is the worst case scenario
     
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    I wonder how many will get out after this. OMalley isn't even viable
     
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    Cruz margin just keeps growing in raw numbers. This is the one state where I was rooting for trump
     

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